Queen of Hearts

At the heart of the Golden Eye
Empty souls gamble with mother luck,
for a second chance maybe.
Love hides in the corners of the dark
At least that's what we believe
Careful, the city lights might blind you
Rob you off your feet.
The night is still
Streets filled with millionaires begging for a thrill
"A glass of neat scotch please!"
Scanning the room for an easy lottery
There's something special about tonight
Can't seem to wrap my index around it
Time came to a halt

My heart beating to the rhythm of hеr footsteps
An entrance fit for a futurе heir
Red lipstick, oil dipped dark hair
She takes centre stage
Gazes of awe, blessing eyes as she walked past
My mind's racing, stumbling over cliché statements
The room ready to pay for her guilty desires
Never buy a woman's heart, Momma always told

An introduction necessary,
Can’t let this opportunity pass
I hardly record her voice, ‘Queen of Hearts’ stamped on her neck
She blushes at the fact I was able to notice,
Can’t let this moment pass
The night flew by, as if it were jealous of her presence…

Bills, bills, a catalogue and another Bill
‘Miss, sign here for the box, if you will’
Snapped out of a daydream, I stand still
Curious, I take the black box with no frill

The elevator rises as fast as my mind’s pace
I barely register how I enter my place
This mystery is unnerving; I leave all by the fireplace
Sit on the floor, legs open, forgotten of all grace

Inside the black box there’s a fancy one
Whoever was it: what have you done?
Lid is open, I’m pissed and undone
If a girl hates gifts, don’t get her Louboutin’s

Don’t spend racks for nothing, I feel bound
Don’t know who to yell at, there’s no card to be found
In fact, there’s an actual card on the ground
A Queen of Hearts with a note, I need air, I look around

Fuck, I remember, the memory hit me like a train
‘Royal Flush’, I said and sipped on champagne
You look delightedly pissed, you had lost again
Analyzing me, eyes betraying the gears of your brain

Flipped my hair, ‘would you survive another hand?’

‘Haven't stopped reminiscing ever since’

Silent stares across the room
The clock remembers the fears we shared
Promised to let this love bloom
Eyes blood red from the tears,
All our fears forgotten as we speed down this highway of doom
Quench my thirst with your lips
Don’t let me wilt and die in the cold
I know it hurt when you picked me without knowing
Thought the charm and expensive smiles would disguise

‘Help me snap out of this nightmare’

Fill my days with smiles and gratitude, my mornings, lit in the colours of your heart. You've breached the depths of my soul and I can't help but return the favour. No longer am I afraid to love and time has often left me an orphan to my sorrows. Fear not where this love odyssey may take us, our intentions transcend the attachment to the paranoid mind.

And if words were to fail me, know that my heart is leaking full of joy and love that you have inspired.