Will I come when they call?
Our flags waving and pride swelling.
Chessmen set upon the board.

Will I come when they call
my son, given the orders to stand
as pawn in the front row.

Will I come when they call
with his uniform and our flag,
informing me of the King's Gambit.

Will I come when they call
to admit how I toppled the King
...resigning the game.

I will come when they call
for the dead man walking,
sacrifice for a new end game.

John Kipling Lewis

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/will-i-come-when-they-call/