Subservience and Conscience
by Sam M. Phillips
I don’t care
For your stare,
You’re too aware,
Look over there,
I can’t rule you with fear,
You’re too near
To the source,
Of course
You don’t need me,
You feed free
From the fountain,
There is a mountain
For you to climb,
But you have time
All this slime
I spew
Is not for you,
It is for the few,
The naïve,
The ones who believe
I receive
The holy word,
It’s all absurd,
A power play,
I want to hold sway,
Everything you do
Must go through me,
It’s all I see,
All I think about,
Do not doubt
That I want control
Of your soul
Here and now,
But I don’t know how
To manipulate
One who can demonstrate
Actual independent will,
They have a hole
For me to fill,
My goal
Is to instil
In you subservience,
But you have a conscience,
And that makes all the difference.
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