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.