Chess

I looked around the world,  
And never did I find, 
A set of chess pieces, 
Exactly quite like mine, 

I found them one day, 
On the street out in town, 
I only walked a while, 
But these chess pieces I had found, 

I picked them up, 
And brought them home, 
And wondered whose they were, 

A rich prince's birthday present, 
An old man's pride and joy, 
A little boy's gift for his ill mother, 

Or a set for a man, 
Who simply enjoys the game, 

Perhaps it was a student's, 
From a chess club of sorts, 
With which they won, 
The state championship, 

Or maybe I'm being silly, 
An the pieces never were, 
Never will, 
But still, 

I think, 
I shall keep them, 

And see what they will make of me