The Chess Players

Slow and deep.
Thought like an iron mountain.
Dancers with banners,
and silver ants chatter.
Dark skies of power.
Massive logic,
the force of a black sun.

Javlins fly and stab.
Skeletons rise.
Violet rooks cackle and dive.

Action and reaction, seen
in mirrors in the great machine.

A face in the chess-board speaks...
"Check."

© Mark Sheeky. Permission is required for reproduction.