A Death to Ego

 

Lord,

My ego is so dead

I’d like to bury it

A human term, I know

But for something very real,

I think

A part of us that takes over the rest

In heated efforts to say to the world,

Please let me win

My spirit rides on this

 

It doesn’t

And with wisdom comes old age

On the inside

 

The desperation part of us

Does not need to win

There are so many other things

Better things to do

Contribute

And collaborate

 

Community-belonging

Elevating everyone

 

And the feeling for approval

We could keep that at home

Where friendlier, more intimate

Company awaits

To care for the thinly-covered

Thing that needs

Approbation

 

And a very real offering

To share with another’s

In that very tender place

 

C L Couch

 

 

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