They kept playing the game of chess

Both the sides were theirs to play 

I was an onlooker quiet 

Trying to figure out what each require 

Untill all their pawns were defeated 

The horses were bruised and elephants killed 

The enemy and the party they belonged 

They turned each one against the other 

Their motives were unexposed

How would I the game suppose 

Finally they started running hither and thither 

Each wanting to escape and be the winner 

Now the chaos is just beyond control 

So why blame it on the spectators 

Checkmate at several instances

Only to look a fool of themselves 

Never seen a chess game of this kind 

They are all friends and also enemies at the same time