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You dangle honesty like it's
a chess piece you are willing to sacrifice;
Honesty for my knight,
or is it only for my queen?
Yet chess is a game
I never learned to play well.
I thought one only risks
the pieces one doesn't
care too much for.
The expendable ones.
Or maybe you see it as a bonus
piece you put into play
when I make the expected move.
When I follow the playbook.
"Here, look what I'm willing
to give you now.
But it's not a guarantee-
see, I can take it away
just as easily."
If I must play this game with you,
then perhaps you should
know that for me,
honesty is the crown of my king-
without it, the game
is over.
You win but I can no longer
play the game with
a broken, shadow of a King.
I forfeit.
It's your move.
About the Creator
Sarah Lenn
Using writing as a way to capture snapshots of emotion on a screen whilst life happens. And life has thrown me some curve balls. Always striving to find a path through the chaos...
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