Pawns

Appearances are a tricky thing, yet we manage them everyday. For women, makeup and hair products becomes and necessity as does cologne and a muscular build for men. Each of us has a wall we front the world with. Brick by brick it builds, until one day it never comes down. We start out life free of this barrier and as we grow we learn things that just pile up. Regardless of how tall and 'built' our wall is we become so immersed in presenting it and keeping it's appearance we lose track of ourselves sometimes. Not only can we lose track of ourselves but the ones around us fade into a blurred abyss of confusion. Although one starts out with as honest and trusting, they may become vile and ill-hearted. It takes a careful eye and a trained mind to understand someone based off their looks and actions. Empathy is another important quality to maintain and refrain from judgements until its rightly due. I suppose the world out there is more distanced than first assumed. We're all pawns hiding behind the knights, who in the end run from the king and queen.