The Desire to Conquer

thewrathofsponge
Aug 22, 2017 · 1 min read
Artwork by Dominik Mayer (@dominikmayer)

To own all things,
There are
Two ways
Own their land
Or own their hearts.

To own their land
Means to own their food,
And to own their homes
And to own their places of work
Their places of worship
And their places of sin

Buy what you can
Take the rest
And hide

They might come looking

To own their hearts
Means to let them worship you
And to let them give you all other things.

Sell yourself totally,
Constantly.
Wait.

They will forget.

Immense wealth is hard to come by,
And easy to lose

Worship is hard to come by,
And easy to lose

Conquer thyself
That sticks around till death.

Artwork by Dominik Mayer: https://www.artstation.com/dtmayer

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Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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