Yes dear cuz fate could have played a different hand but I have always believed that everything happens in life for a reason and that we all have certain paths to follow but sometimes in life we get sidetracked from that path. Your write as usual is wonderful.

Love & hugs

Deep pondering write Sweet Fee!
You express life magically HERE!
The cards don't lie, they play their tricks!
Who can't resist...
WArmly, Warrior "Spirit" Lady Sheeeoox
STay Positive!
STay SAFE!
WArmest < < < < < Hugs >>>>> to you and your soul!

I think I know what you are saying my friend!!

Love Tinka

Fee,
I do know from where you speak, well done

Walt

Love is a gamble, to be sure. To bad we can not always read the "hand" in the eyes of the others eyes. We might all by pass the painful parts. loved this one Fee.

Interesting write,enjoyed...Hugssssss

In this life we grow, make bad decisions and smile a lot. If we don't find the seed that is meant for us this time around, we do it again with different energies and faces but all the same...the quest is always for the finest.
I know this seet Fee.
love,
Susan

I think there is a point where we settle and presume that the hand we are holding is as good as it is going to get. I suppose that is human nature, but settling is just never good enough...it always leaves us wondering about the could have beens. Perhaps we need to learn to want what we have since, as with most things in life, we may never be able to have all that we want. Excellent message in this poem, Felix.
Take care,
Sherry

you know what they say..."gotta know when to hold em, and know when to fold em"

Most heart touching poem, Fee ... hugs

I have to agree Fee, that this does so much remind me of Kenny Rogers song The Gambler. Life deals each of us a hand, and we play it to the best we know how. Sometimes we play it out, other times we fold when we should have called, and still other times we walk away. Then there is where we run when we should have stayed.

Life, love, and all the complicated thoughts that go with it, is definitely Mother Nature's poker hand.

And maybe, just maybe, when the hand is finally played out, we will find the salvation that eluded us during the game.

Thank you dear Felix for sharing this heartfelt piece of love, life, and disappointments.

May the Lord Jesus bless you, and those whom you love, and be with you always, and at your side constantly. With much love in my heart, joy to the world, peace on earth, & ((((((((((MANY WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), sister Barbie

Ah Sweetpea! Any woman that would walk away from you, is a LOSER! HUGS! SC

I find this 'the working mans philosophy of life' well done.

Thanks,
Dan

no doubt, Felix, you've always had an ace up the sleeve ... you're just too honest to use it ...

I love the commparison here-you have certainly done a good job and ,m i think, pretty much hit the nail on the head!

Winning and losing - isn't it all the same, really? Sorry, Felix, you've forced the philosophical out of me. Fun read!

So sad and so very, very true. You write the best sad poetry. That's a compliment. As in the content of the poetry is sad, not that the writing is sad! :)

If for happiness we'd have no time to wallow and surely we might miss more of this life. Your words are timeless as so many of us have felt. yet in them is a different kind of happiness I find with others lonely just as we. A thousand people could be around us and we'd still long to be here in our lonely dens with another thousand just as we. I loved the write for it's food for thought. Lady J

Awwwww Fee, did you have to write this tonight...Now I wont get that confounded song outa my head!!!

Here it goes... sorry can't help it LOL, " you gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run....about that running bit, yeah boy do i know bout that.
Nice bittersweet write, after I've finished taking the mickey outa yah, i enjoyed Ty dear friend.
Grace and peace be with you
Cherry Pie
Speaking of which...I wish I had a bag of cherries right now, as the fibro is acting up.
And and and, thanks for that review earlier, that is just the tip of the ole iceberg, much more to come, as I think I have finally blown the top off me lid LOL...Hugs

Born with "a pair of deuces never lose" it is not funny confronting the arrogance of four aces (two of them on diamonds)
When the life game is crooked...the only thing one have is to fold.
Georg

Who says you've lost? She could have turned out to be a taartar ;)
Victor

Fascinating write Felix which I enjoyed reading very much. Waves of love }}}}}}}} Barbara

Felix, what a beautiful yet sad poem. No one wants a losing hand, and I think of you as a winner in every way. Thank you again for sharing your words that I look forward to each day. Love you Cuz XOX Rose