For Cause, Country, and Love

To be a Soldier without a Cause.
To be a King without a Country.
To be a Poet without a Love.

What have we become?
That we fight for greedy Causes.
That the Country is torn apart.
That Love is something imaginary.
To be a great King,
One must first be a great Soldier.
And to be a great Soldier,
One must first be a Lover of Life,
Liberty,
Justice,
and Freedom in all things.

What have we become?
Our Soldiers know no Cause.
Our Kings hold no Countries.
Our Poets yield no Love.
Love,
It is the thing that holds all to a duty.
It is the thing that tells all what is right.
It is the thing that guides all in life.
A sense of honour,
A sense of duty,
A sense of life.
All are meaningless without love to bind them to the people.

"For King and Country", as it once was said.
"For Life and Liberty", yet again was said. But,
"For Love and Honour", is what should be said.

An imaginary love of Country
Binds all to an imaginary Cause
With imaginary Love.

All is for naught.
Country will fail,
Cause will fail,
But Love will never perish from the Earth.

Love will thrive in chaos,
In destruction,
In war.
Love is what holds sway over the hearts of men,
And is what will rule the world when all are gone.

So in life,
Let your Love become your King
And let it guide you and be your Cause
Become a Soldier of Love,
Not a slave to it.
Rule your heart,
And you rule your world.
For your Love is your Country,
And that Country your Home.

~Kjten Enwood ©