Crowns built on conflict

Dr Ranbir Laishram

Many crowns rise in the same sky,
each one shining, each one loud.
But when too many hands reach for the same fire,
the flame begins to shake.

Power without peace becomes a wound.
A voice without wisdom becomes noise.
And those who call themselves rulers
often forget the land beneath their feet.

They build walls inside their own hearts.
They make enemies from their own shadows.
What begins as pride
slowly turns into breaking.

No kingdom survives on division.
No dream grows strong in hatred.
What is taken by force
is often lost by force.

The strongest force is not command,
but understanding.
The deepest strength is not conquest,
but the courage to remain human.

When many sovereigns fight for one throne,
they feed their own downfall.
Their conflict becomes their mirror,
and their mirror becomes their end.

So let us choose a softer power,
one that heals instead of harms.
Let us build with truth,
not with fear.

For in the end,
what lives longest is not the crown,
but the peace
that keeps a people whole.