governance
with distinct branches
scrutinized
kept in check
separation of powers
carefully balanced

This is my twenty-seventh shadorma using a photo from my WP Media Library for Eliot Dybden’s Shadorma November (ShaNov) at Along the Interstice. A shadorma has six lines with no rhyme or meter, except for a syllable structure of 3/5/3/3/7/5.
Photo originally used with the photo blog Lichen My Mossy Hike