Games We Play

Salt tears shatter this corner stone

We borrowed this time, on an overborrowed loan.

And now that this proved to be

A figment of some parody

The metaphor really holds;

The cards that we had

Should have been the first ones to fold.

And the withdrawal hits deep

A tolerance builds up at its peak

Now, when it’s all gone

Even with a king and queen

We’re left a sacrificed pawn.