Bucktrap

You have always seen - A better life to own
But sometimes things are real - Too real to find your home

The gambler in your soul - Is trying to break out soon
Too fast for you to hold him - Too slow to get him through

Turn around and leave the past
Flip the coin save it to last
Ask the lonely - ask yourself
You’ll see there is no demand

Tic Tac Toe to sell your soul
It’s just a game with higher hopes
A life of fortune and out of luck
A loser’s daypain in the dark

The last buck in your pocket - The last straw in your life
The chance to get the jackpot - Is like the chance to die

Your hand is wet and trembling - The slot is dark and cold
You know there’s no returning - A lump laughs in your throat

Turn around and leave the past
Flip the coin save it to last
Ask the lonely - ask yourself
You’ll see there is no demand

Tic Tac Toe to sell your soul
It’s just a game with higher hopes
A life of fortune and out of luck
A loser’s daypain in the dark

Some fail to see the limit - Don’t see it’s time to go
Just playing out of reality - There’s no way no home
They turn things into happiness - But things turn into blue
Just playing out of humanity - Sad winner – sad but true

Gamer’s paradise – addicted’s fall
They all run in circle – can’t stop till they have won
Addicted for the riches – addicted for the gold
Better leave the table – Next time you’ll come and go

You push the new game button - Your fate is sealed
But there’s no equal switch - That makes addicted heal

You see the symbols running - Running out of sight
You think this time you make it - (Game Over) – again a missing light

Turn around and leave the past
Flip the coin save it to last
Ask the lonely - ask yourself
You’ll see there is no demand

Tic Tac Toe to sell your soul
It’s just a game with higher hopes
A life of fortune and out of luck
A loser’s daypain in the dark

by Sven Reinfrank

Black Jack, Poker, Spielautomaten etc. - Glückspiele üben seit Menschengedenken eine unglaubliche Anziehung auf manche Menschen aus - oft so stark, dass es zur Spielsucht kommt. Manche stürzen sich so in den Ruin - aber letzten Endes sind alles nur Spiele und sollten nicht zum Lebensinhalt gemacht werden - doch wie kann man diese Menschen davor bewahren? Ich denke, ein großer Teil könnten die Besitzer von Spielhöllen etc. dazu beitragen, indem sie nicht den letzten Heller aus einem offensichtlich Süchtigen herausquetschen - wie immer steht das Geld im Vordergrund - traurige Welt....Sven Reinfrank, Anmerkung zum Gedicht