Weekly Poetry Challenge Five and Six

week seven Luck

Lucky In Love But Not Cards

Many people
Over the centuries
Have said

That one can
Be lucky at cards
But not lucky in love

Or lucky in love
But not in cards.

But never lucky
In cards
And lucky in love.

That to me
Has the ring
Of truth.

For I have never
Been that lucky
In cards, casino games
And poker games.

Almost always lose a bit
Sometimes more than a bit
Once in a blue moon
I win a bit.

But love
Well in that regard
I am the luckiest
man in the universe

for one day
I had a dream
and knew
That some day

I would meet
This mysterious woman

Who came to me
One day in a dream

She haunted my dreams
I went to Korea

Going to the Peace Corps
To meet her

I was about to give up
When she told me,

We would meet soon
And she walked
Into my life.

Six weeks later
Became my wife.

43 years later
We are still here

Along the way

We tried our luck
At casinos
And occasional poker games.

And finally realized
That we were not

Meant to be high rollers
Just not fun
anymore.

But I still have her
And know
that I have

Won the game of love
And that matters

A lot more
Than winning
Casino games.





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Prompt/Week # 7



Write a poem about
LUCK



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