Chess Pieces

Chess pieces.

Board’s been

arranged.

Pieces

in place.

Lifeless.

No mind.

Inanimate,

no minds

of their

own.

Moved.

Outside

force

required.

Game

engaged.

Empty vessels.

Crossing the

landscape.

Instructions.

Input required.

Outside

forces.

Conscious.

Downloads

the moves.

Narrative’s

fingers moving

the action.

Gods.

Unknowns

in control.

Chess pieces

on the

move.

Helpless to

resist.

Downloaded

thoughts.

Moves.

From a

distant

place.

Creations

chess.

From a

different

place.

Mere

pawns

the pieces

be.

Game

of the

gods.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

In an odd way it makes me think of John Calvin of Geneva. It's all predestined.

[John Prophet]

Thanks for reading JB