Poetry- Self Corruption

Power Corrupts
By: Dr John Celes

How change of chairs makes human beings queer!
That power corrupts minds is truly true;
No lion can ever become a deer;
Nor can any elephant like cows moo.

How men in power behave so different!
Power alone cannot command respect;
How men settle old scores with mind so bent!
The Power-Bug can any man infect.

And very soon misuse of power begins,
The man his doom in much unconceived of ways;
Unless level-headed, be they earthlings,
Prematurely, ill-fated end their days.

The humble man in power stays for long,
Desisting all his life from doing wrong.

... The poem, "Power Corrupts" by Dr. John Celes, is an example of Self- Corruption. "The power-bug can any man infect"(Line 8), is a statement that proves corruption is infectious. If a man begins to corrupt, it is very likely that it will become a repetitive action until caught and punished.  Corruption eventually takes over your mind, allowing yourself to not have any moral impurity about situations or the feelings of others. Much like the first quotation I used for my tapestry it asks, 'How far does corruption really go, when ones mind is corrupt?  The men in this poem that Dr.John Celes describes are people who have corrupted, and are at the point where their mind is now corrupting them. "That power corrupts mind truely".(Line 2) The quotation number one expresses how the fear off loosing power is an example of why power corrupts minds and in this poem it supports that statement by saying, "How men in power behave so different!"  In relation to the quotation, the reason why the men in this poem corrupted others was because their minds were corrupted by fear. The men were self corrupt. ...