Tyranny below a Blade
Captures the Heart
Fortunes, grasped
Breath, Adrift
by a strain of a hair,
Will of man is but thin
Hold the Pommel ahead
As fear holds you
None may follow
For it has been long over due
The Sword of Damocles Held True
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Damocles
PoetryThis is an allusion to the story of Damocles in which holding a position of power is critiqued.
