Chess

Because we were friends and sometimes loved each other,
perhaps to add one more tie
to the many that already bound us,
we decided to play games of the mind.

We set up a board between us;
equally divided into pieces,values,
and possible moves.
We learned the rules,we swore to respect them,
and the match began.

We’ve been sitting here for centuries, meditating ferociously
how to deal the one last blow that will finally annihilate the other obe forever.