Aspects of the Dominant

People are so devoted to faith
because they are told to believe so.
Owning no knowledge of the origin
they solely praise a creator.
Still, they choose to die for ideas
formed many millennia ago
by a man who gave his life for his teachings.

Is that all it takes in the modern world?
Form an idea, sacrifice your being for it
and the weak will follow?

Simplistic.....genius

If I want to fly and I die trying,
will the principle still apply?
Will others follow me?
There is no guarantee I will make it
across these skies.
My "people" know this
But their reverence in my decisiveness
keep their "wings" flapping.

Do I try to fly to actually levitate
or are my attempts aimed strictly to attain
an aspect or degree of power?

Great leaders will tread miles in the wrong direction
and lose no one.
It is those who waiver in faith in one-self
that are questioned and "tried".