The Monster's Game

8-23-09

The game was theirs

carefully choosing the weak

as pawns

strategizing every move

and counter move

against the ones

they deemed spineless

friends mattered not

as they enjoyed

the thrill

of using the people

they claimed to love

one pawn would not

be silenced

and broke away from

the mold

into which she was cast

making sure their story

was told

chaos erupted

yet they waited in silence

to make their

final move

waiting for the pawn

to feel happiness

with her back turned

they cleanly sliced

it away

leaving her to

bleed out

then scoop up their

remaining pawns

to play another game

Reviews

[Lunar Lightning]

Wow. This poem is full of emotion, granted purely negative emotion, still, I find that is the easiest emotion to express through words. I love how you worded this and how you made it all out to seem like a game to the person who playing with your emotions. I've had that kind of thing happen to me a couple times and it definately feels like they think it is just a game. Great job and keep writing.

Luna