It’s 3 am, and time has come
For a wondering mind to seek,
The answers that so long elude
The waking hours we keep
Life is a game we play by day
A game akin to chess
A pawn was I within the game
My moves a total mess
My moves were all, a twisted game
A game of avoid and attack
I found within my mortal game
I could no longer hold back
The time has come to forge ahead
To take my honored place
I move ahead, proclaim my throne
Become my own true Best
A birthright that belongs to Me,
From pawn to reign supreme
My reign is now a mighty task
To be my own true Queen
Control I find, within myself
No longer pulled apart
For only I can make the choice
to live without my Mask
For many years the mask has served
to protect and to provide
the silence and the solitude
I thought I had deserved
So heartfelt thanks to every one
Who has stepped upon my path,
To friend and foe who came along
To mend my aching heart
For anger too, has helped to heal
If only to revive
A soul that once had stopped to feel
Emotions now survive!
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Written September 4th, 2005
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very dreamy
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O Moi,
when this was written I had no idea how many masks I was about to shed! And yes they are still coming of one by one, day by day as I walk upon this path and learn to trust. Thanks you for sharing and playing such an integral part along this path ~Dins~
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Brilliant
A brilliant write, my love. It is interesting to read this piece five months it was posted! This was written at the beginning of your journey through the current stage of your life. This was a time of great change and inner growth. And yes - the mask has come off and you are allowing yourself to feel once more - in some cases more than ever before! It takes great courage to make a conscious decision to take off the protective mask/s that one has worn for so long. But once off, one discovers such freedom in the power that comes from within. You have done so very well on this journey through this school of life, my love. Well done!
~ Moira
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..oops - typo thanks for that! And thanks for the crit, it is appreciated as always! ~Dini~
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This is well drafted nay encrafted and the last two stanzas are beautiful and show the wonderful person you are cheers
Shubs
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*smiles* I had not realized you had not seen this one! It is one of my old fav's! *red* Thanks for the comment !
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i am very impressed. Impeccable rhyming my friend . You are a natural at this and i am of course really into your poems. The tactics of chess and life - great metaphor too. Wonderful stuff.
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Thanks, I really enjoyed writing this one! I am finding it is more and more aplicable to my life, every time I read it! and umm yes it was penned at 3 in the morning...
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Excellent
Wow! I am really impressed with this, as an avid chess fan I loved the pawn turning into the queen and the game relating to life..Excellent work.. -
I love how you compared the game of life to the game of chess. Thinking about it now, chess and life seem to go hand in hand with each other. This is a very strong and well penned/woreded poem. Best wishes to you in your contest!
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~~~ Midnight Lace ~~~
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You had a real nice rhythm going. Poignant message.
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Thanks ...This one is very special to me...
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Wow....flowed very well and had deep meaning...good rhymes too nice work!
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