Another Figure on the Board
Picture Inspired Poem
Somedays I just feel like
another figure on the board:
controlled by unknown forces above,
and the roll of the dice.
Unmoving
Unfeeling
Unalive
Until thoughts start to stir in my mind,
with the words of my puppeteer,
and I can finally feel.
But these feelings are not my own.
Artificial
Fleeting
And as soon as they arrived,
they disappear.
And then I am just another figure on the board.
An empty husk
too openly aware of their surroundings,
too aware of how little they can change.
Simply a statue of a person that
only exists in the minds of their creators.
So here I stand, until the next roll of the dice.
Just another figure on the board.
About the Creator
Haley M.T.
I'm just a simple day-to-day writer just trying to get by in life. No grand past or achievements, simply a Jill-of-Some-Trades enjoying a hobby.
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Dog Number 13
May 15, 2023 Strange things are happening. Good-strange, bad-strange, and strange-strange. For starters, me and all my litter mates are able to stand. Some of us can even wiggle around in a clumsy manner. I say wiggle because it isn’t quite walking but it isn’t quite crawling. We just sort of stand and wiggle and fall and take a few steps and then crawl and then get up again. It is in this manner we are able to move around to some degree and explore our surroundings. Naturally we cannot go far. Which is ok, I suppose, because I am very small and I need my mother for food and my siblings to keep me warm and I feel very loved and comforted by them in some way, so I don’t know why I would need to go very far. Having four legs, I must admit, is very strange. It is not a surprise to me that it is challenging to coordinate them to move in the order they need to move. But I can get around a little bit, my eyes can stay open for much longer periods of time now, and it is easier to understand what is happening. So this is new.
By Morgan Longford4 days ago in Chapters
Comments (4)
I don't even feel like I'm a piece sometimes, like I have a role. D and D takes you on these thoughtful journeys, I think. I hope my life is not being controlled by someone rolling dice.
Striking poem- I relate to this too. Thanks for sharing!
Some days are definitely like that. This was very relatable. Loved your poem!
Love it! Pictures that inspire are great! Great work!