CHESS AGAINST CHECKERS

It is so easy sometimes

to believe I am in charge.

That I am a high-roller,

that I am a shark among sharks.

But this kind of thinking is

like being in a hall of mirrors,

which creates the illusion

that my face

is the only face

in the room.

I will actually believe that it is

until something happens

and I wake to see

that I am playing chess

while God, my partner,

is playing checkers.