Calling All Kings

Let those men who know and trust 

     their inner king

who trust their own power 

     and don’t misuse it,

          who live beyond themselves

          who see the greater vision

          who seek blessing for all

          who create order out of chaos

          who foster peace in themselves and others –

let them embody their king today,

     humbly yet boldly, 

     fearlessly and with joyful strength,

for this world is short on mature men

     who know they have generative power

     to give life away

and so many turn to false kings

     boys who think a crown costume is all they need

     who stomp and plunder and turn the land to ruin

     who sound the war siren

          without counting the cost

     and forget that caring for the weakest among us

     and uniting the land as one

          are the reason there are kings at all.