Ego pumps out plots and

Schemes and judgments at a

Prolifically astonishing rate

Polluting the purity of my mind,

Destroying the tranquility of my soul,

Throwing my life askew.

Each convincing lie

Sprouts a new parasitic tentacle

Stretching without end

To choke out buds of connection and

Extract all hope from my breath,

While blinding me to Truth.

I am imprisoned in a cage of disconnection

And inflated self-importance,

A pedestaled prison designed to make me

Separate, Large, Above-All and Right.

As it’s despotic presence grows, I shrink

My good and quiet core no match for its tyranny.

It lords over me, a manipulative, life-sucking,

Self-important bully,

Until I am convinced of our singular oneness.

Campaigns of war are waged against all things

Perceived to threaten Us.