Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The Chess Pieces Have Fallen



 
There’s a warm air blowing through the windows,
cobwebs tear free and drift away into the silver nightscape
of the realm of the full moon.
 
A boldness has infused in my step, in my veins a steady pulsing
that seeks pursuits borne of thrills and exhilaration
at the sharp edge of a fatal divide.
 
The chess pieces have fallen, pieces of a torn photograph
lie amongst the shards of a bloodstained memory
that collapses into a permanent darkness.
 
Old fears have lost their power, at rest the guilt not mine to bear,
the coat of self-protection floats away in muddy waters
and my true self steadily rises in the dawn of my release...
 
 


7 comments:

  1. Sometimes there are more layers--gotta get through one to realize another there. To "know" your true self is indeed a gift. It is to know God in a different way. HA! No beard
    nor patent slippers there. Hmmm.

    ALWAYS enjoy being here, you know that, Shadow. Thanks once more, girl!

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  2. A feel a certain peaceful justice in your words here Shadow. Life can be like a chess game unfolding.

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  3. Are the chess pieces falling in the right places for Oscar Pistorius?

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    1. For him, yes, but he's getting away with murder. My opinion.

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    2. So, you believe he actually planned to kill her? I can see where it was a tragic case of (ste)roid rage, which certainly doesn't let him off of the hook, but I have a hard time believing that he actually wanted her dead when the blood in his head was not boiling from taking too many stimulants.

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  4. No, I think it was a crime of passion. He was jealous, she was seeing someone else, planning to leave him...

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    1. Well, my wife completely agrees with you, and she told me (AGAIN!) that I should not say anything at all when I do not have anything intelligent to say. Sigh.

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