How Come

How come many in the position of great power are of criminal mind

And to serve the needs of the self are only inclined

For themselves and their families and their wealthy friends they only do rule

And in their derogatory words of them to poor people are cruel

The needs of the self they only pursue

These so called leaders who to their higher selves could never be true

Some refer to them as the honourable but honourable for what i might say

Since i do not see them as honourable in any sort of a way

In the annals of human history not many honourable leaders for one to recall

Since an honourable ruler would lead for all

And not for self and close kin and the super wealthy privileged few

That there were never many honourable rulers is not saying what is new

And it does seem a sad thing for to have to say

That there are not many honourable leaders in the world of today.

Francis Duggan