The I

So many thoughts From the shadows Jung might say The blind drives emerge It's the burden humans pay The proposed Id, the ego, the superego It's not Freudian hyperbole Its ancient structures Manifesting from the depths of you and me The modern mind Is painfully unaware of the shadows down below We attach Mistaking the “I” as the whole For self awareness to occur We have to acknowledge the drives We must say, there “it” is Then investigate and identify The “it” is one part from the “I” Yet it's a part of the whole When it rears its head out of the shadows Stop! don't fight, say hello Say hello to the anger Hello to the stress and anxiety Recognize Now detach; let go of the distorted image known as me We now relish in the thoughts We appreciate the adaptations of the human mind We have self-compassion We begin to live and think wise The shadows are a part Of that which makes us whole Say, there “it” is Now the “I” can let "it" go