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The Leader

Michael Marchese

By Michael Brandon MarchesePublished 5 years ago 1 min read

The leader will stand

For all into one

The sum of his fears

Is a product of none

He has learned to fight fair

On this life battlefield

With a sword of ideals

And a virtuous shield

He will rise over mountains

Cross river and stream

As he carries the world

While upholding his team

He will sink to the depths

Of the loneliest ocean

A man-of-war captain

On seas of emotion

Beating back pain

Like a ram against waves

His sails painted black

By his treasure horde caves

Where desire was buried

And locked in a chest

When at the world's end

A most selfless behest

Then summoned him from

A Laurentian abyss

Reborn as a dreadnought

Of true nothingness

Imbued with the force

Of a righteous typhoon

Commanding the tide

With his purpose-full moon

To glow as a beacon

A lighthouse of hope

For the stars yet to see

Through his telescope

Beyond space and time

Past nuclear fusions

Celestial beings

And cosmic illusions

To find that within

Is the energy source

To channel this power

And rewrite its course

For the leader has done this

He's doing it now

Tasked with the honor

Of showing them how

how to

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