The Game of Shougi
7. Kamizono Osamu
He had a cold, hollow face
on the exterior, but his heart inside
was strong: believing
in those rules of old.
Belief, he thought, was the most important thing:
those principles he couldn't just
let go.
That it wasn't just a game, just a way of life
but something far more
But still not worth abandoning those things
most important of all:
beliefs were one, good beliefs
like not giving up before the gold
just because a little doubt had crept aside,
but family and friends as well: that flesh and blood that tied
one to a happier world
And it was worth defiling a pretty game
for those things.
They weren't meant to be pretty
or loved
after all.
