Ruler's Mentality

Kings sit on their piles of gold,
As the fiddlers sung in tales of old,
Enjoying the wealth of peoples’ toil
While they never set finger in soil.

People left vulnerable due to unjust law,
No longer protected. History has seen the flaw:
Changing mentalities evolve to be,
Not “what I do for you” but “what you do for me.”

And while these Kings sit on unearned spoils
Claiming illegitimate privileges of Royals,
The People, caged, have grown passive and tame
And stamp out the cry of the rebellious flame.


And yet, some still yearn to be free.
Some still remember law as outlined liberty.