The leader of: one

I decided I wanted to post an original poem I wrote on January the 17th, 2003. It could use a touch of editing.

The search for truth has led me thus far

The horizon not seeming so far

I walk on this earth open and free

Only to see boundaries begin to surround me

To no end I see, in this, my destiny

Bringing freedom to those who need

For all of recorded history, the majority has ruled

The majority of the majority, so easily wooed

The dictators, oppressors, and the like

Led by the Dark Lord, out of sight

They hide in the shadows, and in your mind

Speaking to you, seemingly so kind

The leaders have led with a heavy hand

Like the conductor of a big band

So you’re off tune, and out of whack

You’re left in the ditches, with a quick smack

You think out of box, and in you go

Into one, with no where to go

Should you stand against them, you are crushed

Like a berry in the brush

I was never a follower, tried it a few months

Didn’t take long, to see it wasn’t much

Having spent so much time, staying out of the way

The time has come, for a new day

The question of all questions must be asked

I am the one, who shall stand stead fast

The mindless minions seen which way the wind blows

And have changed course, to avoid a big show

You follow them around, so effortlessly

You turn around, and there they not be

A fly on the wall, they seem so small

Causing problems, for us all

The time has come, for me stand

I shall not wait, for your offered hand

Through the darkness and into the light

I shall walk, without a fight

Obstacles great and small, trust me

I won’t make it, without at least one fall

The path not laid, nor not cleared

I will overcome, without fear

Should you stay, need not fret

I’ll come back for you, make it a bet

To this end, I will become

The leader of just one

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