Reading Cards*

Tarot cards

Neatly painted

Knights in shining armour

Pages offer you cups overflowing with grief

Mockery

Love

What is that sadness in the Empress' eyes?

Is it the prospect of hatred

And repulsion

That is foretold when you step

Inside that glass bubble

The Fool walks the night

And roses bud in his wake.

But you,

What do you do?

They say that you control your own destiny

What do they know?

The cards tell it straight

Winding answers that could mean anything

Whirring

Buzzing

Thoughts in that head of yours

What does it say?

What does it tell you?

Why does your face crumple

And silence freeze you

Into a block of ice

While tears run,

Unheeded, down your face,

Melting the frost

And showing the world

How weak you are.

But fear not

Destiny is not as the cards say

Reversed

Is not undone

You are not alone

I'll watch over you

And keep you safe from harm,

While the Wheel of Fortune keeps on turning

And Death turns day to night

You are not alone