themes: regret, yearning, jealousy

your last words hanging off my lips

a distant memory of foolish choices

undeserving i folded my winning hand

living in regrets that linger in the hall

no gamble can make this beggar rich

knowing i lost the one who gave it all

when i had nothing to offer back

but a consciousness of nightmares

her shrill laughter echos in my ears

a lasting reminder of my dirtied hands

the scorn whispered against my mouth

should instead be your edelweiss kiss