Pawn on the Board

Or… whose game is this anyway?

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Don’t be afraid to walk alone and don’t be afraid to like it. Sometimes you have to be lost to find yourself again.

Nitya Prakash

Too long I've moved at others' whims, 
A captive pawn upon this checkered ground.
I lived by rules that were not mine to make,
Accepted paths that others had laid down.

My soul cried out for me t…