Dolled up Ace

Once more, it starts.
The gathering of smiles,
The voicing out of compliments,
The flattered dances,
All purposely denied
By the shaken eyes.
How savage
This lifelong game.

The better you play it,
The more painful it gets.
Yet, there’s only one play mode:
To tortuously live,
Opposed to freely dying.
So, I’ll lead it,
By bearing the greatest pain,
As the Ace.