3rd December 2011

King Of The Hill

Funny how this works. If you were the king of your hill, what do you reign over? The hill, yes. The hill. This very pedestal you stand on. She is your queen, your princess, your minister, your audience.

The king only wants what’s best for his subjects, so you step down from your post and down to the very bottom, where only you and the peak stare down on each other. I am no king. What king am I if I were to rule from where I stand, down here under the shade cast by my subjects. I am no king.

But maybe that’s how it has to be. What king is he who puts himself above those he rules over? What king is he who prides his own esteem over the sake of his loyal subjects? The throne isn