Chess Pieces

Chess pieces.
Board’s been
arranged.
Pieces
in place.
Lifeless.
No mind.
Inanimate,
no minds
of their
own.
Moved.
Outside
force
required.
Game
engaged.
Empty vessels.
Crossing the
landscape.
Instructions.
Input required.
Outside
forces.
Conscious.
Downloads
the moves.
Narrative’s
fingers moving
the action.
Gods.
Unknowns
in control.
Chess pieces
on the
move.
Helpless to
resist.
Downloaded
thoughts.
Moves.
From a
distant
place.
Creations
chess.
From a
different
place.
Mere
pawns
the pieces
be.
Game
of the
gods.