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Checkmate
I am part of you.
You are nothing without me
Nor me stable without you.
It is true you must protect me,
but protect all of me you must.
It is necessary I trust you
Yet trust all of you I can't.
You must understand when you antagonize a part of me
You wage war on all of me.
You say you understand my struggle
But you never help me overcome it.
You say there is fairness
But I feel like a pawn on a chessboard.
You even ignore the pleas from both yours and my home
And watch it burn.
And I should trust you?
You left me no choice.
I watched as you sacrificed my fellow pawns.
I waited for you to stop playing the game
But you waited too long.
I've reached the edge of the board and have more power than ever.
I now see you were never my king
Instead played the other hand.
You always made the first move
But now it's my turn.
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This is meant to be a piece relevant to current events the United States. It was meant to be done earlier in the year, but the meaning should still hold through.