Checkmate

This game that we play,

Is not all that fun.

It's a draw of emotions

With no prize to be won.

But I'm a fool for the thrill,

A sucker for the chase

With cards out in the open- 

My heart doubling in pace.

They say to win, you first lose

And to live, some must die.

And I gave every pawn I had

To the joker telling a lie.