Power

What is power? (doesn't rhyme at all)

I was once told, 'I want power. As much as possible'
My response was, 'No you don't'.
You don't want all the power in the world, too much power.
Power corrupts you
eats away at you
kills you.
Others will want your power
see you as evil simply because of it
stab you in the back if it meant they could have it.
There is one thing as bad as too much power, however, and that is the lack thereof.

You get stepped on
trampled
used.
you suffer needlessly 
cowering, unable to defend yourself.
But, there is a balance.
You can have power, but too much of it and there will always be someone under you to topple that pedestal down with you still upon it.
You can't have too much power, but you can't have too little either.
The weight of those above you crushes you.
they only look down upon you in pity, look at you as filth, perceive you as nothing.
but they still know of your existence because of the lack of power.
Me? I'm simply there.
I have only the power I need and that is all. 

Not too much that those below me seek to push me over, yet not too little to be pitied by those above.
Simply
There.

Author's Note

This was a random brain fart, so don't think much of it.