Shuffling...

Shuffling thoughts...

Shuffling...

If only I could shuffle my thoughts as fast as a
blackjack dealer,

God knows I'm losing my mind as fast as the
poor dummies losing their money huddled around
those unforgiving tables,

The house always wins but I'm not even playing
I'm just trying to figure out what my next big move
in life is going to be and what I'm willing to lose,

So I'd better keep shuffling for now but soon I'm
going to have to cut the deck and gamble a little
bit,

I sure pray that this time my gamble is
worth the payoff, cause gambling on life and love
can really hurt in this crazy casino called life...

Author's Note

GOD IS GOOD!!!

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Agree with your thoughts.. but there again, not speaking of actual gambling but life: perhaps we have to take chances in order to discover our strengths and weaknesses. OK, there's always the chance of falling by the wayside, and, so cruel, how painful is that. But, to try climbing a mountain but only eaching the top of a hill, is better than just looking at it, surely?

Forgive me, but your finely tuned poem, the metaphorical aspect of it, immediately set me thinking and i imagine a deep thinker is satisfied by that.

[Jamestown]

Fantastic! I agree with your review:)
Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[emmajoy]

Just sometimes I get it right. Fine, fine writing.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Shuffling'
Jamestown,
I know the title refers to a game but I took it as physically moveing ever so slow, shuffling along. To hope for good as we move along or when a person is making a decisive decision. Hopeing, hopeing. What will the future hold. A gamble is sometimes done with a decision of choice within first doing research. Oh well this review is what it is I guess.
Kathy

[JP142000]

I love how you displayed your thoughts. A great piece of work!

[Weeping willow]

Very good write,sometimes life is a big gamble.Hope you play the cards right;-]

[Einstein Noodle]

God is certainly Good ...all the time...no matter what ...life is exciting in our gambled choices ...no guarantees but one "I will not leave nor forsake you" Heb. 13:5 so as we stumble around ...testing doors and windows .... we wonder how on the long and winding road...we got there ..but get there we do ;)
E.

[McHands]

"The house always wins but I'm not even playing"

Nine words that explain a million unexplainable emotions. I really enjoy it. Thanks Brotha!

[dipsy]

Love this piece....i think we all feel like that sometimes

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

Interesting analogy between life as a gamble and gambling in a casino. Sometimes the two feel similar.

[Alice Poésy]

What a relatable poem you've given us, James. I too feel like I'm constantly shuffling, sometimes afraid to gamble, sometimes gambling a bit too much. I hope one day it'll all pay off.

Great piece! Very well done.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Philip Muls]

Shuffling your thoughts thinking that problems of the mind can be solved on the level of the mind. Captured in conditioning, unaware of the deeper awareness.

Great stuff.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[aLittlePain]

Woah...dope metaphor I really dig this, for the most part it's all about choices... Great piece. R x

[Jamestown]

Thanks again and b-blessed!