We started a game
It is not yet done
The pieces stand still
Nowhere to run
Awaiting your move
What will you do next?
I gather my strength
Deny your request
Take one step away
The game incomplete
Surrender my queen
Admit my defeat
We started a game
It is not yet done
The pieces stand still
Nowhere to run
Awaiting your move
What will you do next?
I gather my strength
Deny your request
Take one step away
The game incomplete
Surrender my queen
Admit my defeat
Poems and Petals 
The chess of life…. fantastic poem!
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Oh wow, thank you Erika! Wishing you a great week ahead! 💝
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Thank you very much too, Vonita! 💖
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Your book arrived today, but I wasn’t at home so they’ve taken it to the post office, will only be able to collect on Saturday! Grrr!
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Nooooooo….. I am sorry about that, Vonita! I am looking even more forward to what you think 😊
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I could have been reading it right now, but the post office is only open while I’m at work, so have to wait till Saturday!
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So you need to stick with the daily ones on my blog by then…. 😉 Thank you so much for the purchase. I appreciate it a lot, Vonita!
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very true
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Thank you!
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Such meaning in your message give me pause to ponder, Vonita. 🙂
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Thank you from reading, Robin 💝
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I cannot move;
Petrified!
We are in groove;
Unified!
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I love it, Ompong! 😀
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Thanks vonita… Been busy lately because it is tax season now. But I always give time to check on your poems, of course! 🙂
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Thank You, Ompong, glad I can lighten up your tax season!! 😀
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The Queen never surrenders, until she has no choice 🙂
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Oh I love this thought! Yes, no surrender until she has no choice!
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Thank you Vonita glad you liked it.
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i enjoy the extended metaphor. my favorite word: “surrender.”
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Thank you very much!
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