From Caves to Cages
Words were once no more than shapes
like humans formed from lowly apes,
who dragged their violent knuckles down
yet rose to Coronate a Crown.
Beneath such weight the mind succumbs
with pummelling fists its reason numbed,
from apes to men cruel jungles rise
to build fine cages full of lies...
bejewelled and vast with gold adorned
the "Uneasy Head" lies severed, scorned...
by blade and greed evolved through time
this incarnation, our gravest crime.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"
There is no specificity intended in these lines regarding any particular seat of power. The observation is toward the corruptible nature of power itself.
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David RL Moore
Wed 17th Jul 2024 10:30
Thanks for the recent likes and to Reggie for his comment.
I suppose Shakespeares stories and the lessons within are fading fast in our Isles, maybe in other nations Shakespeare is now more revered, I'm not sure. Certainly the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon throng with Chinese visitors at certain times of year.
He's often a bit like marmite but his lessons are mostly sound, his language isn't everyones cup of horlicks and he is most certainly not politically correct, which is sometimes refreshing.
This scribble is however nothing much to do with The Bard.
David.