Checkmate

So ever since i started playing chess, the word checkmate seems to have a different effect on me..

I remember saying my first checkmate to my opponent. It's just the finality in that word and the way the opponent has that helpless look in her eyes. i cant help but feel a lil cruel. this actually reminds me of how life is. it will always be cruel no matter you like it or not.

Since then, whatever i do seem to have a checkmate in it. especially during exams. each time after i finish a paper, i somehow can hear a checkmate. either coming from my side, or the opponent's side.

for today's paper, i hear checkmates coming at me from all directions.