Self-deception

Only those who rule themselves
can be a wise ruler:
Without violence and lies,
contempt and hatred,
through compassion and balance,
and love for all others,
a role model of wisdom and goodness,
and not of deceitful cunning,
selfish interests
of power and money,
possessions and corruption.

Man: “Know thyself!”
You have forgotten
who you really are.

Your questions to yourself
have dried up,
that’s why you don’t know yourself,
nevertheless you think you know yourself.

What an irony and self-deception…

Anonymous writer