*Based on the brilliant haiku by Sumyth which you can view here along with his other fantastic work.
Picture courtesy of http://www.covenanteyes.com
Enemies stare across the field
Each waiting to make the first move
The ordinary soldiers, the pawns
The first line of defence and attack
Whilst the Knights stood guard
Protecting their King and Queen
Behind their Castle walls
And the Bishop says his prayers
And then the Black Dragon’s move
The White prepared and ready
Let battle commence they scream
As White slips through in defiance
One by one they fall
Pawn, Bishop, Knight cut down
Attacks cut to the quick
Both sides slayed by fast minds
And then the final confrontation comes
The final battle, the final fight
The blow is struck in thoughtless emotion
It’s this that’s killed the scattered few
The Queen took a step forwards
Checkmate! She mischievously whispered
Surrounded, nowhere to turn
The King fell at her mercy
The battle was over
The war was won…
Sumyth
January 15, 2015
Didn’t you take this to another level? Beautiful 🙂
Darren Greenidge
January 16, 2015
Ah thank you. I wanted to make it bigger and had played around with it afterwards. It took me less than five minutes to write and a lot to tinkle with. It’s thanks to your brilliant Haiku anyway that this had life! I shall put a link up to your Haiku as well!
Thanks again.