Bishop

I hid my life

before you

with pictures as bookmarks

in novels

I knew you'd never read.

You would have found me there,

if only you were looking.

Make your move

stretch your pieces across the board

you didn't have much to prove

and neither did I.

In the end, 

there's only one choice left.

I didn't see it coming,

neither did you.

And neither of us knew

we would both lose.

Of all the love,

I've forfeited

and every heart I've lost,

I made the call

and raised the bar

never knowing at what cost.