Kingdom

My friends, my sentinels.
See through the disguise!
It’s your job
To keep out
the angry mob.
They are no kind of an angels.
You know what i despise.

You say I am paranoid, don’t you?
I can’t trust anyone here. Jester!
You, the only one I trust now,YOU!
My court became foul, some infester!

My underlings say I am an oppressor.
Hell! No way! I am a progresser.
People want to overthrow my being
Despite my generous wealth bringing.

They can’t see my effort.
Am I the wrong shepherd?
Naively, I thought I have ruled
well, what the heck.
And even my jester stabbed
me in the back.