Hubris
It is immoral for a prince
To promise to his people
What he cannot deliver.
Nor is he a leader who
Demogogues the few,
Making them the scapegoats
For the many.
It is not enlightenment
To harness envy
As a means of government.
And only the foolish
Would believe the rules
That apply to individuals
Are not just as binding
On nations.
The people who follow such a man
Walk in darkness.
And the tragedy of it all
Is not the fall of the mighty,
But of the innocents destroyed
In his falling.
To promise to his people
What he cannot deliver.
Nor is he a leader who
Demogogues the few,
Making them the scapegoats
For the many.
It is not enlightenment
To harness envy
As a means of government.
And only the foolish
Would believe the rules
That apply to individuals
Are not just as binding
On nations.
The people who follow such a man
Walk in darkness.
And the tragedy of it all
Is not the fall of the mighty,
But of the innocents destroyed
In his falling.