Life



Life,
Life is a chess game.
Make the wrong move,
Get captured.
Say the “wrong” thing,
Dress the “wrong” way,
Look the “wrong” figure.
Get picked on,
Bullied.

Get captured,
Lose a piece.
Become distant,
Lose a friend,
Be to clingy,
Lose a friend.
Called fat, lose weight

Check,
Need to block,
Or move your king.
Block the toxic people,
‘Why’d you block me?’
Unblock them.
Distance yourself.
‘We never talk anymore’
Talk to them.

Check mate,
Nowhere to go, but to surrender,
Nowhere to go,
But to just give up.
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Written on January 26, 2022

Submitted by emmatwomey2000 on January 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxxAbxcxx AxxDxDe xxbxxfxxf ecxx
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 537
Words 120
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 7, 9, 4

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