The Chess Lesson

What royalties are gained
From these pieces not
Part of a puzzle?

Plans are pictured,
Structured moves ahead,
A future of antiquated plots:
Conspiracy, capture, conquer.

What precocious peculiarities
Press onward nightmarish forces;
Design making advantages;
Arrogance entrapments;
Swapping aggressors;
Discovered challenges;
Retention versus regression.

Protect against attack.
Retreat to devise
A resurgence--
All the while utilizing
Scarcer resources.

Straightforward,
Never looking back,
Collateral pawns advance,
Confronting, if not
Impeding pathways--

At times askance with
Far off dreams of being
Exchanged as capital to
Assist in the cause to
Broker assurances
Non-negotiable.

For the master once novice
This lesson, cliché or risqué,
These words of wisdom,
These words remonstrate
As by the rules do demonstrate.