Power Lies
"With whom does power lie?"
asked a wise and ancient man,
"With Kings or Gods? With Gold
or Steel? Smarts or Strength?
Just where does power lie?"
A monk stood up, bowed down low,
"Gods are greater than any man
True power is theirs, alone."
A knight scoffed, "Gods are good,
but they give power unto the King."
A peasant was next, "Gold", said he
"Kings tax, Gods send rain, but riches
can solve any problem." "Steel!" cried
a sellsword, "is what the rich men buy,
to exercise their power. Steel is power."
A philosopher tutted, "Wisdom has ways,
besting steel, knowledge cannot be bought."
A blacksmith pounded his chest, "Strength
can mold the Steel and mint the Gold,
Strength is self-made, that is power."
"With whom does power lie?"
The monk asked yet again
"Each and every one of us
decides that very thing.
Power lies where we lay it."
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