Overcoming the Influence of I

"I" lends respectability To extant personality And offers much to those it serves - Perhaps more than it should deserve. Important as this "I" might be It lacks depth in humility And sometimes fails humanity By being its own efigy. Beyond the realm we know as "I" Is that which we identify As beneficial harmony That honors truth and equity. It is a place of selfless grace With neither gender, class nor race; No self-proclaimed philosophy Nor strident religiosity. It prompts no economic scheme Of gain derived through plan or dream And holds the harness of the Id As Ego, superego did. It gives no thoughtless verity To "sunshine days" integrity. Unawed by status or by wealth - This is the realm of "Beyond Self." This realm is blessed with keen insight Enhanced by self-reflection's light And tests responsibility In terms of our civility. Here, selflessness is our just cause Relying on a moral clause That accepts human frailities, Conditions and proclivities.