Checkmate

Reason dies without faith
 men but a pawn
to move in set patterns
not seeing beyond

Logic and cogence 
delude and mislead
 with vision and instinct
left wounded to bleed

Reason dies without faith
enslaved to the line
 paper to crumble
One voice to remind

Years add together
with hope on the run
belief when left wanting
all thoughts zero-sum

(The New Room: December, 2021)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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