About to begin sitting face to face
On the edge of a checkered land
Life laid out in perfect squares
King and queen behind their hoards
A skin of squares of black and white
landscape still, waiting to begin
Opening move breaks the seal
Your clock stops and mine begins
A ticking clock
black then white
Back and forth
pendulum smile
Trying to see the space in between
In a wonderland
Medicated
Meditated
Falling to pieces
Sacrificing
Orphan pieces
Spreading out across all pieces
Where does the board stop
and where do I begin
Where do I begin
marching on, puzzling on
Tiny delicate decisions
An endless moving staircase maze
An endless moving stalemate
Around the world in 64 squares
Spotlight on. Symmetrical style
Heels pinning shiny tiles
On echoing floors for miles and miles
A spider's web
black then white
Back and forth
Pendulum smile
Trying to see the space in between
In a wonderland
Medicated
Meditated
Falling to pieces
Sacrificing
Orphan pieces
Spreading out across all pieces
Where do