PAWNS IN A GAME

Life was a game at first
All you have to do was bellow
And they all fall at your feet
Ready to please
To do everything you wanted
You never cared, were unfeeling
Didn’t want to know who was hurt
As long as you had your way
They were all instruments
Pawn in a game---------- your life
With your words you played them
That’s all you cared about
You.
They were all hurt
You ruined a lot
Women, yes women
Toys to be discarded when no more in use
Is this what fame did to you
Superstar who got all he wanted
They fell over each other to serve you
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She thought things would never get better
A ruined life
Even before it began
Imminent destruction
The toy they liked playing with
But never really wanted
It was always quickly discarded
Life was rough on her
A nobody that wanted to be somebody
But out there in the jungle
Were wolves ready to eat her up
They would not give her a chance
The chance to be somebody
She fought her way through
They had no choice
And just then ----------------
He meets her
And thinks she’s another of his toy
She refuses to fall over him
She cares about life while he doesn’t
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Suddenly things changes
And because they both gambled
Most part of their lives
They win a battle and found love
Against all odds, obstacles and evil devices
They finally find each other
But for that same reason
Everybody had been hurt
And all around the jungle is death
The death of loved ones
Life ruined and souls shattered
Too much tears and sorrow
Too much blood
But through it all love prevails
And then life seems worth living
No more using, no more discarding
At the edge of the jungle
Is the road to survival
For love, what can one not overcome?

© Campbell Mariam Oluwatoyin