Power Corrupts

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Power corrupts, strengthens ego Plunging us in darkness Please let go, oh hermit, let go Entwine with That oneness Voice of conscience’s bleating Save love, all else fleeting Soul debilitating Desire erupts Power corrupts 11-April-2022 Quietus

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 4/12/2022 5:53:00 PM

'Desire erupts' // 'Power corrupts.' So true, Seeker. So true.

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 4/12/2022 6:54:00 PM

Thanks gw

Valsa George

Date: 4/11/2022 8:59:00 PM

"Voice of conscience’s bleating Save love, all else fleeting Soul debilitating"...... Your quietus is a powerful vehicle to carry your sage like convictions ! In a world of cruelty and horror, love alone can win. I am in love with all your quietus ! :)

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 4/11/2022 10:08:00 PM

Thank you, Valsa! Why don’t you give this form a try? Title, end line and first line refrain being the same, the central idea sought to be conveyed, is emphasised in just 9 short lines

David Kavanagh

Date: 4/11/2022 3:17:00 PM

Power indeed corrupts Seeker, but that’s ok so long as the impoverished and weak remain honest, such is life, always has been that way since the dawn of civilisation, is it changing, not through my eyes, I appreciate your message, I know you see things different than me, cheers David

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/12/2022 12:49:00 AM

Corruption on an individual scale may be fleeting, but it’s been around forever, on the grand scale of things,

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 4/11/2022 6:35:00 PM

If God search the aim, what avail power attributable to fleeting form?