Life Is Like A Game Of Chess Poem by Qiniso Mogale

Life is like a game of chess
We have to outthink opponents
We have to stay ahead of the opponents
We have to outsmart the opponents
We have to anticipate their next moves
We play mind games
We have to read their minds.

Life is like a game of chess
We have to learn from other people's mistakes
and in turn avoid those mistakes
More often we capitalise on those mistakes
We have to learn also from their strengths
and appropriate them for ourselves
We learn their wisdom
and apply it to our own lives
We avoid their foolishness.

Life is like a game of chess
Life is a battle of the mind
Emotions must take the back seat
Emotions must be kept in check
We must keep our tempers
no one needs them
We must listen more and speak less
We must open our minds and shut our mouths
The game of chess suggests thus.