Just a Roll of the Dice 

On this strange and imperfect day

You seemed a million miles away

One fling and you wouldn’t stay

Even though I stopped and prayed,

I’ve never seemed to know the plan

It seems to slip right through my hands

Oh but for the sideway glance

Only gray memories and lost romance,

Seems it rained on my parade

All those hopes that begin to fade

All those broken promises they’ve made

Remembering the ill-fated motorcade,

The government allowed the criminals to invade

It was all a twisted charade

We’re all expected to have obeyed

The fools who don’t know they’ve been played,

I climbed to the top of Fools Hill,

Everything seemed peaceful and still

After all the battles fought with such skill

They used blood to pay the bill,

The rain pours down like tears in the night

An empty bed won’t hold you tight

Eradicating the joy from your sight

I now specialize in flying kites,

Oh how they vanish twice

The best laid plans of men and mice

Marriage ceremonies and throwing rice

It’s all just a roll of the dice.