So you want power?

You want control?

And when you have it?

And when people all over

are living in fear and hate?

What then will they think of you?

For their thoughts are not under your control.

Their hearts are not yours to control.

What have you gained?

What have you lost?

You may have the gold.

You may have the best weapons.

But you don’t own their souls.

Indeed, you no longer have your own.

For you have sold it for 30 pieces of silver.

That’s all you have.

It does nothing for your heart and soul.

It does nothing to satisfy your inner needs.

You have emptied your life for cash.

The most valuable things in life

are gone from your own.

Empty is your heart.

Lonely is your existence.

You have found that which is devoid of love.

You have only your self interest and no other.

It has no meaning.

Empty is your heart.

You have found emptiness, desolation,

you have found Hell.

There is your power.

There is your control.

There is your end

which you found

all by yourself.

Michael Doran

Vergennes