Sed Nec Virtute

I got the inspiration for this poem while listening to Power by Kanye West. Despite the rap inspiration this poem consist of a darker, artistic tone.

His lust for power

Is what got him this far

He gained great power

By sipping the blood

From his victim’s

Battle scars

Raised in the ranks

With more speed

Then a crashing shooting star

Lost his humanity

Sold his soul

For a million gold bars

Fire and blood was left

In the trail he blazed

Destroying the own land

He yearned to rule one day

Disregarded all his wrongs

Made it his victim’s fault

Found justice in a system

Of crooks and paid off cops

Never able to find pleasure

In all that was good

For the corruption of power

Stole his heart

The journey to the top

Tore his innocence apart

But when he reached the top

His lust for power did not stop

And in his mind he had

What to a sane man

Would have been a disturbing thought

He had power of people

He had an empire under his complete control

But he thought it was unfair that the power

Over his on death was God’s to hold

“Why does God get to decide when I go”

He thought to himself

when he was taking his nightly stroll

“The time of my death should be chosen by me

It should be my call when the world is mind to leave

It is my breath flowing through my body

I should pick when it should cease”

Then he made a choice that so many power fiends make

He hung himself from the tallest piller of his palace

In an attempt to take Gods place

And in his hand he held a note that said,

“I now have obtained Absolute power,

my death was No mistake,

I gained complete power

When I decided my life was my own to take”