A Weak Point

It’s not just that might makes right.
It’s that might makes righteousness.

The more powerful you feel,
The more moral you feel, too.

Think. When have you been humbled?
When have you felt exalted?

In which case did you feel more
Certain of your moral course?

If you step back, you can see
Where this goes. Righteousness

Grows as power grows, and so
The opportunity grows

For injustice to be done,
Thanks to too much righteousness,

And to be enforced, once done,
By all that righteous power.

There’s no sinner like a judge,
Once a judge gets to that point,

And where saints possess the thrones,
No murderers like the saints.