Dark Lens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJEE KLMK NEOE EPQE REEE GLE SGG TUV KE WE XY| The throne stood tall | A |
| wood carved into arrogance | B |
| polished by the hands of men | C |
| who confuse height with worth | D |
| - | |
| A chair remembers every weight | E |
| yet it crowns no soul | F |
| For power borrowed from position | G |
| is a shadow that kneels at dusk | H |
| - | |
| What is a king | I |
| if silence governs his impulses | J |
| If his anger sits enthroned | E |
| while his reason begs outside the gate | E |
| - | |
| A man who cannot command his hunger | K |
| will starve in a palace | L |
| A man who cannot restrain his tongue | M |
| will declare war in a whisper | K |
| - | |
| So the throne waits | N |
| not for a body | E |
| but for a mind disciplined enough | O |
| to sit without becoming it | E |
| - | |
| For rulership begins inward | E |
| where no crowd applauds | P |
| where no title echoes | Q |
| where victory is invisible and constant | E |
| - | |
| And somewhere beyond crowns and cushions | R |
| a man rises unseated | E |
| unannounced | E |
| unapproved | E |
| - | |
| He walks without permission | G |
| breathes without consensus | L |
| exists without apology | E |
| - | |
| That is where danger is born | S |
| not in rebellion | G |
| but in realization | G |
| - | |
| For the world fears the man | T |
| who has nothing to prove | U |
| and no one to ask | V |
| - | |
| Not because he seeks power | K |
| but because he no longer needs it | E |
| - | |
| And so the dark lens breaks | W |
| we see at last | E |
| - | |
| A king is not made by where he sits | X |
| but by what within him refuses to bow | Y |
Gilbert Sordebabari
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 05/26/2026
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
About Dark Lens
Dark Lens is a poem by Gilbert Sordebabari. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Dark Lens poem by Gilbert Sordebabari
Best Poems of Gilbert Sordebabari