Depraved Emperor

... he looked upon the world
And saw that it was still depraved

As him
Though not like him
For him, as all

But closed
Like them
Not him

Unaware
He was
Already caught within
Their cycle
With them
Outside
Depraved

Instinctive
Rebellion
Possessed
By bestial despair
He fought
This law
And broke
The spell