The Gamble

Life is a gamble

So throw the dice.

Frozen by fire,

Burned by ice,

Now do we say,

"No more nice."

Life is a gamble

So throw the dice.

Life is a gamble

So deal the hand.

None is more barren

Than my heartland;

Here I make

My final stand-

Life is a gamble

So deal the hand.

Life is a gamble

So make your move.

Take away honor

Now what's to lose?

My turn begins

When you are through,

Life is a gamble

So make your move.

Patrick W. Crocker