Sweet Enough

Another piece is off the board
Taken in an instant
Without hesitation
I try to defend
And in one move
He crashes through my lines
My every piece is in jeopardy

The lies are flowing freely
Desperately
Building up layer
After layer
Of defenses
All the arguments are assembled
Lined up and ready

He is unimpressed
He dismisses them all
One after another
Systematically
Relentlessly
Rebuke after rebuke
Devastates my stronghold

The tables are overturned
Gold spills out across the floor
Your friends are nowhere in sight
The monument to your strength
And sweat
And willpower
Lies in ruins
No stone is stacked upon its brother
All of it has failed
Strength, knowledge, friendship, love, money, ambition
All of it
It has all failed
It has all been overturned

He is relentless
Whatever chains are binding you
Whatever idols you have bowed to
Whatever it is you rely on instead of Him
He is sweet enough to make it crumble