Unworthy Rulers
from my published anthology, Ornamental Expressions: The Yellow Butterfly, published by Pegasus.
At a Glance
- • A poem against tyrants and the people who let them rule, ending in the hope that the world learns to choose its leaders more carefully.
- • Author: Shafin Rahman
- • Form: Short rhymed lines, two unrhymed stanzas
- • Collection: Ornamental Expressions: The Yellow Butterfly (Pegasus)
- • Theme: Tyranny and the choice of leaders
Why let the impious
Among men
Become their leaders
Acting as a friend
Look at the disgrace
Tyrants created
Seen as vile by the races
Abhorred and hated
Did they not look
At the steps they took?
The tyrants messed up their mind
Mercy and kindness they could not bind
I can only hope
A valuable lesson was shown
That inhabitants of the world may know
To choose carefully whom they wish to follow
About Shafin Rahman
Shafin Rahman is a poet, published in Tales From A Harrogate Caravan's poetry section.
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