Ego Gold

Ego Gold All the accoutrements Bolster self-images Polished epitomes of self-aggrandisement Glittering gold possessions Are the necessities Of self importance Makes me smile For this puddle shallows Can be stepped over So easily A golden bangle Appeases this living vacancy Expresses wealth so readily All its solidity Materiality Reflects in its shinning Empty Defined heart by plastic Fantastic advert Of slick rolling machinery Means nothing to me Derives by default A slavery Of squandered life Money Definition of success Is thought to be The diamante of living happily Retards the senses Divorces the spirit And burnishes indifference's smile To the paltry lives Of others I have The mantra of a Golden ego I have And become the effigy Of ego’s worship I have Describes the soulless So easily