Love Is A Mother

~ Frank Solanki

On a chessboard there are several pieces
Each with its unique function
Rooks go straight
Bishops go cross
Knights jump all over
While the pawns, like the slothful king, ambulate at leisure
It is hardly a surprise, however, that
The most important function in the game is handed to a woman

The queen is not an ordinary piece
Rather than being a commander of the army
She is a protector of her family

She goes left, she goes right
She goes up, she goes down
Horizontal and vertical
Diagonal and across
She can do everything

She gobbles up the enemies like it is a piece of cake
She keeps the opponents in check
Sometimes she even sacrifices herself for her family’s sake

She is fierce, she is strong
She is brave, she is powerful
A warrior and a soldier
Fighter and defender
Caring and uncompromising

When the game is over
She goes back inside the box
Along with the rest of her family
There she takes off her armour and coronet
There she changes her role
There she is not a soldier
There she is a gentle and an affectionate mother

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