What is Power? By Rebecca Greenberg

For the past few days in our English class, we have been given the task to read the Lord of the Flies, and it has become obvious from the first few chapters, that the struggle for power will lead to the demise of all the boys on the island. All hell will break loose when the boys fight one another in order to assume complete and total power over the others. So in regards with this power topic, I thought I might express what power means to me...

What is Power?

Power is an idea that consumes

you and me

We often fight each other to allow

one of us to succeed

Power is the leech sucking the life

from our veins

You start out civilized then become

inhumane

The desire to rule can overcome your mind

and leave an empty carcass behind

You thought your power was controlling

your peers

When in reality power has been controlling

you for years

Absolute power corrupts absolutely