Simple Chess
One fine evening,
about a year ago from today.
I had attempted to take my own life,
which ended up breaking and jumped a bout' -
- as if it wanted to play.
I took bottle after bottle,
A pill after pill.
My heart started racing,
And time seemed to be standing still.
I try to close my eyes tight,
but viciously woken up by the sound of gongs.
and to my surprise,
Two men, sitting across from each other with a chess table in front of them.
I figure that the two must be the ones,
I figured that my time had come.
And every so often they'd both look at me and speak in tongue,
The chess game went on, and the battle for my soul had begun.
It must of been hours,
but really only minutes.
The game was now getting real close to Its end.
The chess board was almost missing both player's pieces,
This game was to much for me, I couldn't bare to see who'd win.
So I ran out of the house, Down the street, and ever sense,
I've never seen those two, ever again.
Copyright © Jake Brown | Year Posted 2009
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