Mind of fire.

What makes someone powerful? Is it money? Is it status? Is it raw strength? Or is it something more, or something else entirely? Looking at the current world it would be obvious that status and money are big deciders on whether one has power or not. Yet then I also think that once you have power that is when you can gain status or earn money. Some say they go hand in hand. But the more time I spend looking at power, people with power and how they got it. It was not because they had the most amount of money or the highest status. Those were the results of their power. The power that they had came from fear.

A small child being bullied in the playground wants nothing but to put fear into eh bullies mind. More than removing the fear from his own. Why? Because we all desperately feel as if others must suffer in the same way that we did. That’s when we really enjoy the idea of equality. The same fear that we intend to put inside our bullies is what can give us power. As long as people fear you they can never act against you. It’s a story as old as time. The same one a king would tell his child who was soon to be heir to the throne. The same one an army commander would tell their soldiers as they go out for battle.

So now the question arises, how do I get this power? How am I supposed to make people fear me? The straightforward answer would be to you know, be scary. But that is vague and entirely subjective as to what someone finds scary. I knew what everyone would fear. Everyone would fear something that could cause them pain or kill them. Something that I had control of. Exactly “control”, was going to create fear in the minds of those around me. As long as they see that I have control over something that impacts their lives directly. That is when they cannot say a word against me. Ever.

In the modern world, I realised that it would not be hard for me to find something that could cause harm to others. Not only because there is so much violent material available but because people are so easily harmed. That was half the battle won. If I can create fear in those around me I can eventually create fear in everyone. If everyone fears me, I can conquer. Then everything about the society that disappoints me so much, will be fixed. Now I am not saying that I know what is right and that what I say is correct. All I say is that once I am in control, what other choice will you have?

A bit of laughter spilt out of me as I thought of that. It’s quite funny, isn’t it? I don’t think you would find it funny. That’s because it is not for you. All I am here is to create balance. The only way I can achieve that is if I have the power. For me to have the power I must cause destruction and create fear. A clear step-by-step, don’t you think? Now, I don’t mean to scare you. I mean I do, but that’s not what I meant. That’s just what’s become of me.

A fire never arises on its own. There is something that gives it ammunition. Ignition. Some form of thrust that just makes the flame go from zero to a hundred. In itself the mind of fire has no duty or responsibility, it is only meant to react and burn anything that gave burn to it. The same is with power. You may be greedy for it but mostly only because someone else abused theirs on you.