Chess

Poem to Chess

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I’m addicted to chess,

I have to confess

I played every day

I suppose that’s overplay

But that’s not the message I aspire to convey

So far, I have tried to stray away,

Nevertheless, I couldn’t betray

Failure was not an option.

Every second I was in a state of caution

I mess up, I lose

I embark on a deep state of the blues

And how fast it burns out my fuse

I win. It’s a pleasure

But it just increases my pressure

That win was perfect

but have I earned it?

I play once more

Then I throw my computer on the floor

I lost my blitz game

With appalling shame

I decide to take a break

The longing for that fast adrenaline makes my heart ache

Am I giving up my dream

It throbs my chest so hard that I could scream! 

“Will I once play again?”

Is a question that lingers in my head