the game we played

i spread the cards on the table
and asked you to play with me
though your air smelled hesitation
you accepted, feigning glee

let both our hearts be the stake
'twas my earnest and silent call
the lots we bet on this game for two
we could both share it all

and i began the game
anticipating beginner's luck
confident of gaining many
among the cards in the pack

this novice' heart reviewed the rules
for every draw of a card
excited by the minute
thinking winning wouldn't be hard

feeling my greatest fortune
with the number of cards i drew
i gave you your chance to win
my prize, that i'd gladly give you

but in my utter disbelief
after a very few draw
you laid your cards face down
left me, i'm wondering what my flaw

examining your cards
i was only left more bewildered
couldn't make out if you won
or if you merely surrendered

the game that i imagined fun
and wanted to last so long
ended in an eye's blink
leaving me wondering what went wrong

luckily i saw the bets you placed
before our game began
the aftermath didn't hurt much
when you destroyed my gameplan

but whether you won or just gave up
you didn't have my prize
all along i had my own guise
you see, i was not unwise

but due to a fun that was cut short
as well for old time's sake
i'd like to play again with you
one more game for us to fake

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another poem i wrote in 2003. i think it's sometime in may 2003.