I am King

I am king of the world, universe and everywhere,

But I have only a hint of power.

So all I can give you is attitude.

Just pointing out injustice

Where I see it.

Classes and castes and religious divides

I see as evils

To be opposed

With all my might.

For sure I’ve little might

Of course,

But I still have the right

To say that it’s all wrong.

Classless society is what we want:

Well anyone who’s worth his, or her salt wants this.

Religious discrimination is another thing

We need to remove

From our way of life.

There are many more evils in our world,

So we must do

All we can

To obliterate them

At every opportunity.

I can’t put this any other way,

Poetic or not,

We have to stand

And fight

Against all that we see

As bad.

For the Common Good.

Paul Butters

(Inspired by a TV programme from Joanna Lumley on India, in which she described "The Caste System".).