Rule the World
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We came, We saw, We conquered " Julius Caesar "
We conquered
then turned on ourselves without mercy
tens of thousands slaughtered
in the name of religion or boundaries
There have been many who wanted to rule
the world..but all is vanity
How does one rule what can't be ruled
with such a short lifespan?
The concept of a single ruler over the world
is incomprehensible in its doing
Many have tried, all have failed
Their lives are buried in the scrap heap of illusions
that is our history
Wishes and dreams is all that it is
and the cost from those who've tried
is death by the millions
their blood has soaked the ground of insanity
since we crawled out of the first cave
a small and frightened creature
Who am I..but a lone observer
to the passage of time
where life forms have come and gone
as new ones take their place
Only the seas and sky remain
mountains crumble, continents part
and man..he who wants to be King
is nothing more than a joker in Nature's court
She decides who lives and dies on the grandest scale
Man's wars are nothing in comparison,
they are mere battles
With a single plague we could all be gone tomorrow
Who would be King then?
2/20/17 contest Rule the World
Copyright © Frederic Parker | Year Posted 2017
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