CHESSBOARD

upon your mental chessboard

yes, i used to be a king

i shuffled, deft, along your squares

surveying everything

i had a scepter and a crown

and hymns to me you'd sing

upon your mental chessboard

yes, i used to be a king

upon your mental chessboard

yes, i used to be a knight

an armored man upon a steed

in sudden scattered flight

i yearned for luscious victory

a taste for bloody fight

upon your mental chessboard

yes, i used to be a knight

upon your mental chessboard

yes, a bishop i had been

a habit so religious

with your virtue wearing thin

an angel in black robing

with a devil of a grin

upon your mental chessboard

yes, a bishop i had been

upon your mental chessboard

i am now a lowly pawn

a person among many

that you cast your favor on

no crown nor steed nor bible

all these vestiges are gone

upon your mental chessboard

i am now a lowly pawn