META DESCRIPTIONA deep philosophical exploration of power, identity, and emptiness—examining how losing power can feel like losing humanity, and why becoming “nothing” does not mean becoming evil.META LABELPower and Identity | Philosophy | Existential ReflectionKEYWORDSpower and identity, power and humanity, existential philosophy, losing power, nihilism and self, power psychology, meaning of power, self-worth without power
When Power Defined Me, and Emptiness Condemned Me POEM (ENGLISH) Power is everything, that was the first lie I learned. In its warmth, I felt visible, in its fire, my silence burned. Power crowned me king, not with gold, but with fear— people listened when I spoke, and disappeared when I drew near. Power made me human, or so the world implied, because weakness was mocked, and the powerless denied. But power is a temporary god, it never explains goodbye. One day it leaves quietly, and asks you not to cry. Now I am called a devil, not by crowds, not by law— but by the voice inside my head that once applauded my flaw. I became nothing—nil, unnamed, stripped of borrowed flame. And in that hollow silence, I blamed myself for the shame. PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS This poem explores a dangerous equation many societies silently teach: Power = Humanity The speaker does not become evil by choice. He becomes self-condemned when power disappears. Key Philosophical Ideas Power as Identity, ...