The Chessboard of Discernment

Not every smile is sugar,
some are salt dressed in silk,
and envy—ah, envy—
wears perfume to mask its scent.

Friends clap loudest when you stumble,
partners promise kingdoms built on sand,
and business deals sometimes arrive
with teeth hidden behind golden pens.

Discernment, darling,
isn’t paranoia—it’s poetry.
It’s the art of listening
to the sigh your spirit makes,
the way your chest tightens
when a wolf borrows a lamb’s skin.

So you play the game,
not with drama, not with thunder—
but with elegance.
Remove them like pawns,
one quiet step at a time.
No announcement. No parade.
Just a queen protecting her kingdom,
her crown untouched.

The humor is this:
people think you didn’t notice.
They call it grace,
but really it’s strategy—
the sweetest revenge is silence,
and the most sacred act is walking away.

To choose wisely is to live lightly.
To remove wisely is to live longer.
And to smile, knowing your peace
was the finest checkmate of them all–

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