Dreams of A King

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To be a wise & kind ruler,

who is always willing to give,

at the same time strong enough,

to always be able to defend,

a Heaven sent benevolent saint,

who aspires to be wise & kind more than epic & great,

who treats all in his kingdom equally,

from the poorest peasant to the most noble sage,

a ruler who chooses to do what is best,

for his people which includes the giving away of his gifts,

with a peace chest not a war chest,

because he believes that true strength only comes through peace,

a ruler who chooses what is best for the common good,

if he discovers there are disparities in his community that are vast,

because he believes that all that live under his crown,

should be treated equally regardless of race religion creed or class,

a ruler who thinks Machiavelli was both silly as well as lonely,

for thinking “it is better to be feared than loved”,

for what is power without love,

in fact what is anything without love,

Machiavelli must have have been a scared & lonely man,

for fear is the sickness & love is the medicine,

& a true ruler believes everyone in His kingdom can be healed,

He leads by example of how to consistently become a better man,

if people are hungry,

it’s better to build a bigger table not a taller wall,

a true ruler with real wealth insures everyone has enough to eat,

from the princes in his palaces to the peasants in his fields,

true wealth is not measured by how much you have,

but rather by how much you can afford to give away,

a true leader lives for the legend he will become,

not for the thrill of being the hero of the day,

there is a difference between kindness & weakness,

I advise you don’t get the two confused,

it takes strength to be truly unconditionally kind,

especially when you’re the ruler of a mighty kingdom in this world,

& the only time you can rest is when in-between your silk sheets,

in your bed of gold with your queen,

where visions of missions come to you in visions in your dreams,

with words in languages that can never be told nor seen,

it seems there seems to be an abundance of peasants these days,

but a serious shortage of real queens & kings,

where have all the good kings gone,

royalty wiped away more with every swipe of the phone,

still trying to understand our collective history,

so I write it all down here at the Museum of Luang Prabang,

elephants & buddhas,

custom swords & rustic drums,

see as long as I’m alive,

I won’t give up but I will give alms,

as I write this light in the form of these psalms,

that will hopefully one day be remembered & sang in songs,

to be a wise & kind ruler,

who is always willing to give,

at the same time strong enough,

to always be able to defend,

a Heaven sent benevolent saint,

who aspires to be wise & kind more than epic & great,

who treats all in his kingdom equally,

from the poorest peasant to the most noble sage,

a ruler who chooses to do what is best,

for his people which includes the giving away of his gifts,

with a peace chest not a war chest,

because he believes that true strength only comes through peace…

∆ LaLux ∆

Luang Prabang, Laos

2019