The Ego
Society has held us captive
Discounting our own perspectives
Our individuality’s defined
Our personalities – entwined
We strive for power and control
And wealth and riches are our goal
We scrape and struggle to succeed
To the collective, we concede
We look to others for direction
Accept their words without direction
Our lives are wrapped up in our titles
And our identity is stifled
But what would happen if it’s finished
Are our triumphs more diminished?
When we’re stripped of our old roles
What will our destiny behold?
Our lives are more than we believe
And that our senses could perceive
Our posts are brief, but our purpose’s huge
While we submit to subterfuge
So we defer to deeper plans
And see life through a wider lens
Embracing growth as more diverse
Our novel conclusions, we’ll disperse
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