Sovereignty

The individual possesses
Inherent sovereignty

Not granted, not derived
Irrevocable
Over his own existence

And governs
That existence
Absolutely

Who could then conceive

That the collective
Might grant
Rights
To the individual —

As though it
Stood above him
Handing permissions
And calling them rights

When, in truth, reality
Actuality
Any collective has only
Delegated authority

Conditional, limited
Revocable

Conferred to it
By individuals — from whom
It draws its existence

What but inversion
Perversion —
To treat the derivative
As fundamental

To make the subordinate
The supreme

To present sovereignty
As a gift
To even speak of individual rights
As though granted
From above

To make the individual
Dependent on the entity
That exists only —
Conceptually and only
By his delegation

What but usurpation
Parasitism

To make the individual
Fodder
For organised mass violence

While making him believe
That his life
Is granted from above
That he must
Negotiate
For natural, inalienable
Rights

That he must argue
For permission
To exist

That his very living
Is a right, on loan

What are rights —
But claims, addressed
To a higher power

A sovereign
Has none above him

No sovereign
Petitions for rights
Nor possesses any