The life is a chess game
At first options are many to win
and when steps are taken, pieces lost
the number of options declines
the only goal in the mind - to win
but to win what and then pieces lost again
the number of options declines again
and the life continues as one chess game
we become older and take more steps
losing additional pieces, without winning
playing this game with others who are also losing options
and so is the beginning and middle-game played
it is the time for the end-game
why to play at all when there are no real goals
but the game of the life must be played
in the way of chess, few pieces left
the King protected by few pieces, maybe also the Queen
taking few steps to discover what the life is about
sacrificing soldiers for the greater gain
but to win what, indeed what?
The eternal life maybe?