CHECKMATED


'Tis the ultimate game of chess,

Fame, glory or power, I seek not;

Her heart's the only treasure I chase,

Fallen from grace, yet differs from the lot.


The crafty pro battling a novice,

Her moves are all but calculated;

Is this my chance to break the ice?

'Tis the moment I've speculated.


The game's tense as the battle wore,

I've seen land but I'm far from shore;

Showed me the route, but controlled the tides,

And her sly mind behind a smile she hides.


As each move dismantled my defence,

With each word she tore me apart;

Tho' I wish to see the game through her lens,

The king's checkmated, I must depart.

The king's checkmated, so is my heart.




Eventide

03 Thlavul, 2022





Comments

  1. ER BuongpuiFebruary 2, 2022 at 11:11 PM

    Ei va tuor de awww

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sema FaihriemFebruary 2, 2022 at 11:21 PM

    Mihriemin hringnun suorhrât a hei pal meu chu tum reng khawm ni chuong loin thutin in a bâwm vel hlaka. Chu nunrama inthawk chun a lungrila turtu um ang el in a thumawi tak tak a hung phu suok zut zut el hlak chu a nih. Li dama ei intâwl chun lung a muonga, hadam in ei in inghil hlak a nih. Ka hrietthiem che bro

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Expectation: A lament

The weather app showed rain, Sally’s been praying for days. The heat had bound her like a chain; The heat cycle ran like a maze. The rain did not arrive. The app was wrong again. Like a watchman she stayed till five Expectation only brings pain. Expectation, like comparison, drains the mind. I’ve slain a lamb in expectation.  My sheep’s clothing made me blind. Is this a dream or just imagination? The rain will not come, nor will the harvest; The toil must start, the soil prepared. When songs arise through the forest, The harvest will again be shared.  Ebbtide Thlaṭau 09, 2026
Read more

My forever home

  If one could measure beauty, The moon in her ethereal shimmer, Or the stars in their dazzling charm, Or nature in her rustic elegance, All would tip her scales. If one could measure love, Her grace-laden love would, Outweigh them all. For the moons and stars and nature, Love is a word they do not know. Like a bee to a flower, So am I to her love. Like a mercy’s doorway for a stranger, Deep and boundless. And I belong.  My forever home. Eventide 02 Thlahmur, 2025
Read more

Lachrymose

  When winds and waves, in mimic strife, Clash and roar like war come to life, You calm this troubled-headed man, His war-torn soul protected from bloodshed. How I wish the cold winter nights would never end, Like stories by the hearth, with no parting bell tolled. But to slow down time, we could only pretend, For nights, like life and time, do not last forever. Three thousand useless miles now keep us apart, Yet this heart yearns for your presence, Like a little boy by his mother’s side, For in those two eyes, I found my home. Eventide Thlavul 06, 2025
Read more