Chess

Which chess piece do you choose?
The King – in all his majesty?
In all his arrogance
In all his shelter
The Queen – with her omnipresence?
With her long-distance attacks
With her haunting silhouette
The Rook – for its regal construction?
For its nestled corner position
For its place next to its King when castled
The Bishop – by its sloping pattern?
By its passive aggressiveness
By its spiritual supremacy
The Knight – over its chivalrous connotation?
Over its uniqueness
Over its transcendence of space
I choose the pawn.
Escaping into anonymity
A cog in the wheel
The most important
The most forgettable