Checkmated
Checkmated
"One small step for the pawn and one giant step for the game,"
And that is indeed how we all too play the same
Be it an indoor board game or an outdoor life's frame
Twists and turns, trials and tribulations hold their sway
Checkmate or Pawned, Stalemate or castled along the way
In chess, the game starts with the smallest pieces, the pawns
Eight of them who sacrifice their life for the King to stay on.
Small insects are eaten by the big insects
Small people are taken for a ride
By the bigger magnets
It's all a game of small fries, big fries bullying and bogging each other
One trying to win over the other or lose to another
"The Chessboard is a battlefield", and Life too is a battle
Challenges are thrown and risks are taken to settle
Caution is thrown to the winds, cudgels raised against or for gain
Pinned or pawned, killed or forked, On the chessboard or on the human terrain
Moves, quirky, cunning straight or angled
Leaves the vulnerable stranded or strangled
The king or the Head is the most important and therefore is the most protected
Likewise here on Planet Earth,
Kingpins and Godfathers, Mafia and Crusaders go unrestricted
They stay in fortified castles and pawn their poor and innocent clergy
The king or the Chief is often safe, because of their mercy.
The Queen, of course, has several moves and ways
Using her charm and position, she sways or slays
The bishops and the Knights the gallant lot, make their moves through the mangled sight
While the Rooks move up and down, side to side making the security very tight.
The stronger moves and clever loops, decide the fate of the Superpowers
The whites or the Blacks, The Rich or Poor, the movers or shakers
"Life is a big Chess Board, and people are the Chess pieces"...
How we handle and move, tackle and groove
Determines our limitations and directions to prove
In this 'Game Of Life', decisions and convictions rule the roost
Someone has to win and some other has to lose, as Chess is our life's fuse.
A Checkmate or a Stalemate leaves us nowhere in the so-called game of life
To learn and improve, helps us be aware to face any kind of strife.