hello, pride

hello, pride, why have you come?

because my lust is seductive and my confidence energizing.

also fleeting and inconsequential.

but who then will remove the veil from your eyes?

the merits of mine own will.

merit is credited by the collective’s verdict, corrupt and effortlessly veered

but without relative measure, only delusion is my companion.

it is from ignorance great men are made.

no great man has refused knowledge.