temptations call, my will fights them all. I avoid some things, deliberately abstaining, for example, someone who keeps Kosher or Halal refrains from pork. this word lacks often use, it's almost like people do it to itself.

Sworn before steel was drawn, I bind with breath, not chain. Unseen, yet kings have bowed to me. Break me, and wars are born. Keep me, and lives are steered. Forged in a moment, I outlast men.

Iconic in destruction, Waste away, defined, Won't swallow what I'm fed, In case you change your mind

Choose this one, not that. Not pots, tops, or post. Stop's not where I'm at, and it's not spot, at most.

If Langerhans is after my name, I'm in your pancreas, I'm An Island but smaller I'll let you take a guess.