are you a Fool for love?

aren't we all Fools for something?

don't you wish we could be Kings and Queens

be the Jack of All, but the Joker to None

reign over foreign territories

of diamonds, clubs, and spades

but forever elusive; the heart 

a territory no one can claim

wouldn't it be easier to play the game

count your cards, come out on top

win the day, hand holding only hearts

light it up, take a chance

know your odds are in the bag

wouldn't it be easier without the risk?

wouldn't it be simpler without all this?

or is it, perhaps, the risk we fall for

the chance this might all blow up in our face

a thrill we can't help but find 

A D D I C T I N G

tantalizing, sensational, captivating

U N D E N I A B L E 

are we, but drawn to 

the thrill of rejection

the heady turn-on that

makes us lovesick Fools 

makes us play the game

for even the chance at being dealt 

a royal flush at love…

we're willing to risk forever being 

the perpetual Joker at life.

for what if, our Queen? our King? we find

hidden among the Jacks, 

that roguish lot

knowing the odds are never in our favor

and a Joker lurks under every card

still, we play with our HEARTS dangling on the line.