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A Pawn
To you
I am no one
To you
I am no thing
In the chess game
Of your life
I have been
But a pawn
Used for your advantage
As long as you needed
Then sacrificed
And taken
Off the board
I did my best
Moved only to protect you
Keeping you on your throne
Where I still believe
You belong
Now I stand
Beside the chequered board
Blood seeping
From my wounds
Into a pool
On the tabletop
Congealing
As I stand in my agony
Watching you
Dancing around the squares
Smiling
With all the pieces
You chose
To keep
Rejoicing in your Kingdom
And though I was ousted
You are
Still my King
Yet I know
I will never be
Any more
Than just a pawn
I am no one
To you
I am no thing
In the chess game
Of your life
I have been
But a pawn
Used for your advantage
As long as you needed
Then sacrificed
And taken
Off the board
I did my best
Moved only to protect you
Keeping you on your throne
Where I still believe
You belong
Now I stand
Beside the chequered board
Blood seeping
From my wounds
Into a pool
On the tabletop
Congealing
As I stand in my agony
Watching you
Dancing around the squares
Smiling
With all the pieces
You chose
To keep
Rejoicing in your Kingdom
And though I was ousted
You are
Still my King
Yet I know
I will never be
Any more
Than just a pawn
Published 16th Jan 2010
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16th Jan 2010 9:29am
...idea. I don't know if it's been done before - but never mind - for me it's original and there's an honest innocence quality here that speaks volumes. Good stuff, Jen.
16th Jan 2010 5:20pm
Thanks Abra-ca-dabra, I have used this theme a little before in my poem Lamb to the Slaughter - that was about the Queen, my Grandmother, not keeping me safe as a child. This one is definitely about the King, someone I adore who has chosen another.
If anyone else has used it, I have no clue, but even if the theme has been used before there would surely be original, unique motivation and inspiration behind it :)
If anyone else has used it, I have no clue, but even if the theme has been used before there would surely be original, unique motivation and inspiration behind it :)
16th Jan 2010 10:39pm
the metaphor!
What makes it all the better is as an avid player of the game I've used pawns in the way you've described.
What makes it all the better is as an avid player of the game I've used pawns in the way you've described.
17th Jan 2010 3:00am
17th Jan 2010 5:29am
I have only played the game once or twice as an adult so have no real skill in the game now, my memories of chess are from as a child and was particularly fitting for this poem as the King I wrote about also loves to play...
