The Desire for Power

For some people power is their ultimate goal;
Their main aim in life is to seek to control
All those around them, and using their power,
Deny to all others their own right to flower.
They often start off while they're still very young,
With feet firmly placed on the very first rung
Of ascension to power which they hope to achieve,
Uncaring that usually behind them they'll leave
People they've damaged or broken as they
With ruthless ambition have made their own way
Each year ever upward in whatever field
They've chosen because they're convinced it will yield
The power which they crave; they really don't care,
How many they harm in their quest to get there.
Some may be criminals, others may find
Politics feature much more in their mind,
Or maybe it's business the power-hungry see
As being the route to the top of the tree.
Wherever they end up, the same will be true,
They trampled on others that power to accrue.