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Love is a dying man's losing game


Love is a dying man's losing game The dealer wins and steals your name What dignity you try to keep Is stripped of you all while you sleep  
You work hard to make it work It goes unnoticed  
You slave to make them happy They leave  
The cycle seems to have no end At least none I have heard of The dealer won and stole my name The game she played was love
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Adrian Faye

I cannot be put into words. My heart is the most complex of creatures. My eyes have seen and my lips have tasted, and yet I endure. My heart has been torn to pieces, and still I breathe. In a world of utter confusion, I seek truth. I am constant. My love knows no end, and that is my harmatia. Love knows no game in me, and no one keeps my heart. My life is a piece of art to behold, and my heart a museum of loves. My names are protector, lover, confidant, friend, and home. I am the embodiment of passion. I am ever-loving, all-enduring, self-sacrificing, and forever-patient. I seek solice in one of pure intentions, deliberate heart, and same mind. Can one exist, or am I left alone with my own sophistication on this dying rock, fated to wander until the end of my day? If I must solitarily wander into that good night, I will not go gentle. My friends are Plato, Chopin, Shakespeare, and van Gogh. I am, if nothing else, a hopeless romantic, relentlessly seeking my beloved.

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