Hubris

Would we do well to heed the call
and take up arms against this tyrant ?

Or is this what enables us
to find a husband or a wife ?

To raise our children and discern
the meaning of our lives

Should we be guided
by Churchill's definition of success ?

To go from one failure to the next
without losing confidence

Or losing concentration

Or will such good advice
just lead us down the path to self delusion ?

It sounds to me more
like the motto of the man
who would lead us into war

No more than hubris in extremity
the pride before the fall

A recipe for King's
who lose their heads

Or burn their buns
as prelude to disaster