To Rise and Play

The Black King
surveyed the battlefield.
Sixteen men would be lost.
He sounded for a bold attack.
Their lives it all would cost.

The White King
saw the chink in his armour:
The pawns around his foe
were far advanced.
That was the weakness
his opponent
didn't know.

The White King sounded
Flank attack!
and all his men rushed in
and gained for him
the victory.
They gained for him
the win.

Now, the White King
to praise his troops
upon the battlefield, he did ride.
saw bleeding there, upon a square,
a dark pawn, frightened,
who would not hide.

The White King knelt down
,with compassion, and lifted
that lonely dark pawn's head.
and he spoke to those around him:
words of which he said:
"This Pawn's deadly armour
was made of grit and nails.
A yoke, A rope, A harness
from a kingdom dark, he hailed.
He heard once of a myth:
Of a kingdom, light with love.
in the trenches where he fought
dark squares, paid for dearly,
with his very blood.
He'll lay forever now
with the one he chose to serve.
The poor we lad it was a pity
He was made of grit and nerve."

And, as the King rose up
the pawn reached up
and touched his cloak,
only for a second.
And, the White King, moved with pity,
turned around and knelt beside,
the bleeding pawn who beckoned,
the pawn who wouldn't hide.

The pawn whispered quietly
to the King above,
"I heard once of a myth,
of a kingdom light with love.
Tell me now is this true?"
The King he nodded "Yes."
And a tear came down the King's cheek
Upon the pawn's head it came to rest.
And the King said,
"With this tear I baptize you
in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit."
and the wind whispered it
high and low
to all of those
who'd hear it.

The pawn's face, it grew brighter
and then he passed away.
He was layed down gently
in a chess box
to rise again some day.

Players,
These pieces bright
are in a chess box
at the side of the board,
neatly tucked away.
And, they beckon,
my friends,
to you now,

"Come rise with us and play."

The Great Pawn Hunter

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To Rise and Play

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