SPEAKING DIAGONALLY OF WHITE SQUARE BISHOPS

SPEAKING DIAGONALLY OF
WHITE SQUARE BISHOPS

white or black
it is the fate
of this bishop

to cling diagonally
to the white squares

long
range woe slinger
if you are
ecclesiastical
so is
   every Angel of death

alabaster brain
under iconic mitre

you trust
to a white theology
to avoid abyss

the enemy knight
so alien a being
to your simple understanding

to close on one
only to hear
it has disappeared

trying
   to always be on track, most
when fianchettoed
demanding clarity
fearing
    antithesis

for you
     other colour comes
to challenging everything Holy

all war
      jihad unless

it be crusade