General (Vol. 1)

Power

We have gloried in triumphs
Of treaties and wars,
Our self-righteous aggression,
The strength of our cause:
Yet when graves lie untended
And truth is obscured
By the fog of nostalgia
What ill have we cured?
We have logged our achievements
Of power and wealth,
Of brave confrontations
And ends gained by stealth:
But when the firm closes
With hardly a tear
What is there to show
For the greed and the fear?
When Jesus redeemed us
The Imperium was vast
But the Cross has prevailed
Where the diadem has passed
From despot to dandy
From bully to thief;
So where should we look
For our lasting relief?
In family and office,
In boardroom and quad
What power we command
Is entrusted by God:
And what power we can wield
Of earth's reckoning
Is a cruel delusion
For Jesus is King.