I’ve lately expressed

a latent

interest with chess

A new obsession

to undress

A chest bearing knowledge

Driven to calculate

the move that’s next

A simple diagram

of complexity

With no contrast

and much diversity

The Cutthroat nature

of adversity

A game to goade out

what’s the worst in me

To be anxious for what’s next

To look for meaning in a text

That exists in pictures

To figure a figure

Reconnaissance of competence

With connection to

Contents of accomplishments

To renaissance from blemished odds

To stomp a fire

From where it starts

It’s occured to me

The worst in me

Is I lack the sharpness

In my heart

To purge the enemy

From my king

For my enemy

Is the beauty

From the dance

In the game we play