Playing with house money, we took a gamble with a full deck,
A king of hearts with a head full of diamonds,
The chips stacked and ready to go all in,
Never witnessing her poker face as I was blinded by confidence,
Letting it ride by streak and emotion,
Only to be left empty-handed by a bad beat when the dealer called,
Leaving the table feeling as if we had both lost our hand,
Realizing it just wasn’t in the cards.