Check Mate ♛

What if the ‘Happily Ever After’ isn’t so happy after all?

Life is never a fairytale; those are no more than words written by dreamers

What if Cinderella never made it to the ball?

Sometimes the glass slippers don’t match; just a myth exchanged between readers

What if ‘Never Land’ didn’t exist and you had to grow up?

We can’t always fly “second to the right and then straight on till morning”

What if Alice never stood up for herself and was lost in the universe swap?

Sometimes we lose ourselves as we tend to fall down the rabbit hole with no warning

And what if I told you that life is a game of chess; of you against this being

You can by no means come first; you’re always one step behind

You think an Ace will ensure you a round yours for the winning

Wouldn’t you be a little foolish; better men have tried and resigned

Face it, you can’t control what’s around you; the show was never yours

You’re the one tied up with strings and being toyed around

Sailing from seas to seas, never landing on steady shores

Uncovering mysteries only after going around the river bend

The universe has a funny way of working…

From mountains and skylines, to ditches and trenches - just like that

Keeping you with your guard held high and lurking

From rising beyond trees and mounting high to falling flat

There’s no way out; life is what happens to you right now

While you are reading this; you have already passed the start

Just escort life and its swings with no worrying about ‘What’, ‘When’ and ‘How’

Because one day, it’ll all come together after seeming to have been falling apart

Those falls will make sense even if the clock struck twelve

You’ll make it through despite the fact that the magic is gone

You might have lost the dreamlike point and ran out of fairy dust

Yet you’ll have happy thoughts to arm yourself instead of drowning in seas as stone

Welcome new beginnings and dare to turn the next page

You might not have a glimpse of what’s out there for you, but know it’s not the end

Raise the bet, adapt to new surroundings; it’s the only way to survive as you age

Greet challenges as you move your chess pieces around; this is life my dear friend

No one said it would be easy, keep playing till you get to say: ‘Check Mate’