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do an image search for "mirror photography," choose a photo, share it with us, and write about your first impressions or lingering notions.
Cover image for post Pawn to King, by fantastical
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fantastical in Poetry & Free Verse

Pawn to King

A pawn trapped in life

Moved by some

Manipulated by more

On exceptional occasion

Claws across the field

Hoping beyond hope

To survive the war

To slay the final foe

To earn the spoils

To live as a king.

A king to many

His freedom, an illusion

He manipulates all

As others Pull his strings

His gilded life

A ornate prison

As he dreams

A simpler life

His own will free

As a simple pawn