Saturday, January 16, 2021

Bruised Ego

You hurt my feelings.

Boo hoo to me.

I snap like a turtle.

Boo hoo to you, too.

The names we assign to

Each other cut deep

Until egos are battered and

Totally bruised.

 

All this snipping and biting

Does no good for anyone,

Doesn’t resolve an iota of truth.

It’s just a hold-over,

A constant reminder of

Stubborn resistance

Born out of youth.

 

Grownups know better

And reason should tell me

That inflated ego

Is my enemy.

Truth is much stronger, and

Right is the better half

Of the equation…

Better than me.

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