Chess is the war of past ages

Chess is the war of past ages.
Kings are at their throne.
Pawns are on the frontline.
Peasants dying first
while Knights jump around looking for a
fight.
Bishops using their magic, up and down the field.
and Rooks, the castle, defending walls of stone
The queen
all power and beauty
While the bloody bodies stack up
And the war still rages on