Empire of My Name — Those Who Do Not Know Their History are Doomed to Repeat It

No!
No, I can’t. I won’t!
I won’t end here! 

I love this name of mine,
This name of no other;
This name I can’t — won’t! — kill
Just to satisfy
The raging thoughts that press me!

I refuse!

I insist on loving! I insist on living!
Thoughts alone can’t kill this heart,
Can’t kill these lungs!

The empire of my mind will continue
Expanding borders, claiming land,
Colonizing this hate until it can
Drive away the festering, invading
Counter-will!

This name will live on!

This name will love how it pleases!

This name will be worshipped,
Prayed to at every sunrise and sunset
In every home and in every nook
Across this tiny expanse
Where the thoughts live and work and hide!

This name will echo until the end of time,
For how could an empire that persists
With such determination ever fall?

December 26, 2025