Misguided Power

In the hollows of power’s grip, where shadows twist the heart’s cry, there—mights build thrones on backs bent, where abuse wears the mask of guidance, control, a cloak woven with the thread of fear. Power thrives in silence, feeding on the unspoken. Manipulation, subtle as the serpent’s whisper, curls around dreams, tightening, threats drip, venomous, eroding hope, indifference, a cold moon, shuns the warmth of a shared sun, selfishness seizes, tight-fisted, squelching the laughter of the young, the joy of the old. The beauty of a soul, effaced, a canvas scrubbed too raw, bearing the brutal strokes of unkindness— yet, beneath this, a pulse, a flicker: resilience, a defiance against the night, rising, always rising, despite the crush of the dark.