Which Is Sustaining Power - Ambition Or Love? Poem by Ramesh T A

To surmount woes of the world is like crossing a desert;
But without a oasis, there is no respite to overcome it;
In spite of that, many empires have risen and fallen
With ambition to be powerful and dominate others there!

It is history that talks about those civilizations as
A lesson for all to know that power corrupts and makes
One arrogant and mad to conquer all and make them knell
Down to their feet and remain as slaves to satisfy them!

But literature always talks about love that captures all
Hearts and even makes one cross the desert to see God
To recover lost status by subduing the tyrant to knell
Before the Almighty and respect love of God for good..!

All bad things in the world may help one to reach the
Pinnacle of power but love only sustains one steady!