Playing the barbarians off
one against another
leads to a dangerous time
where thrones fall.

We forget such things,
in this day
and now hectic age,
doing such again.

The current brinkmanship competition
playing out now
in Asia's North-East
shows this rule.

Condemned to repeat past
for fogetting history.
That is our fate
in troubled times.

This is a Warning
to those playing
the modern Great Game,
risking nuclear war.

Look to your pasts
China and Russia,
seek the empires before
my own nation.

For if we fall
into this trap,
too many peoples' lives
will thus end.

I know the reasons
that each give,
and understand the frustration
leading us here.

Beware History's cruelest lesson,
about how fall
empires and republics alike
into decayed corpses.

Take heed of tales
older than time
about over-extension's price,
and ruin brought.

For I am not willing to pay such a price.
Nor am I comfortable with letting aggression win.
This is the poor man's dilemna
that others decide our fates
based on what's best for them.

A troubled Dyfedd Rex, 13Aug2017.