Of Battered Hearts & Bitter Coffee

GAMBLER

I'm addicted to gambling,
Completely consumed by it,
And I'm not even good at it,
My stakes are too high,
All my precious possessions are on the line,
By the end of the night they are no more mine,
All lost to a pair mischief laden eyes,
With an accompanying cheeky smile.

In the first round I lost my sleep,
In the next my breath,
Then my heart,
And finally my soul,
Take it,
Take it all,
It's yours anyway,
Open up my chest, listen to my heart,
It thumps in rhythm with your breath,
My lungs release nothing but whispers of your name,
I've gone mad,
I'm way past shame,
For you I leave myself open,
Vulnerable and bare,

As I free fell into the abyss of your eyes,
I told Copernicus he was wrong,
The sun is not the centre of my universe.