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Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2006-06-03 03:23 PM

If again we met upon the field of battle, swords
bristling above a knight’s shield. Where
rooks stand poised to castle and bishops
slide in devilish diagonal moves.

If again the queen might raise a lovely
head, pause lingeringly and look longingly
into my eyes...she might see the king’s
weakness...For his soul steps methodically
as would a pawn, a mere pawn....standing
apart from the dance.

If again the joust might begin, I would bow
graciously to thee, for thee art the skies
above me, the winds that chase me, the
heavens that await me as you whisper
softly in my ear....”Checkmate”....

And the victor shares the spoils of war
as two dance into the night, awaiting
the strike of twelve and the grasp of dawn’s
warming glow....a glow matching our
own.

[This message has been edited by Magnus (06-03-2006 09:18 PM).]

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2006-06-03 03:40 PM

Barry,
Very romantic, I think the apple is still stuck in your throat. LOL

Klassy Lassy
Member Elite

since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

2 posted 2006-06-03 05:28 PM

mmmmmm....I am still waiting to learn how to dance and to play chess. Being checkmated in the manner you describe seems very appealing. Somehow, I can't seem to get out of the laundry room and the kitchen long enough to learn the strategies of knight to a queen. But sometimes, I see the sweetest of Kings.

I love the intrigue. ~ Klassy

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA