Cardinal

Idk, thought it was kind of a cool twist on the Cardinal belief. Haven't written in forever, so please forgive me for being very rusty.

I knew the cards of fate were read with an abject look

As I counted down the minutes

For you to walk through that door and say "We need to talk."

And I felt it die within us

It isn't fate, it isn't chance

It's the reality of a faux romance

And it's not fair, but it's not wrong

The cards of fate have been redrawn

You said that you loved me, don't you mean it?

I gave you my youth and let you keep it

My Cardinal sin is that I believed this

Was more than myth

With a loathsome smile, and "all this wasted time"

Sick to my stomach, what a mock-up life

A work of fiction, all by your design

One hell of a lie

You let me into your apartment,

Housing for the broken-hearted

If only I had known

I'd be living there alone.

Revoke your oaths like they were nothing

I'm rejected here and clutching

Empty strands of hope

'cause I'm living here alone. 

So I'll cry in my bed for the first time in years

My new pillow's first taste of tears,

Salt bleeding into my ringing ears

Sleeping in my work clothes, stale with beer

A dream left shattered, a crime scene dagger

This house should be listed as a biohazard

And I swore I saw a Cardinal flee

Someone I love doesn't love me.