Ego Is A Bull. Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Ego is I, Self part of a person.
Ego expands beyond a person's self
To family, creed, religion, region
Or anything one feels one belongs to.

Taking pride in the shaping of your child,
Getting rage at the insult of your caste,
Feeling bad when your country lost a game
And beaming high when praised are acts of ego.

It's ego that propels you to anger.
Jealousy and rivalry is its product.
War is fought on the foundation of ego.
Relations are broken with unbent ego.

One wants power to display one's ego.
One wants to accomplish to show one's ego.
Revenge is the reward of one's ego.
Humility is the ego in disguise.

The subtle ego is the strongest of all.
It is bottled in one's humility.
The bottled ego is bound to explode.
Detach and serve to take the bull by its horn..
17.01.2020.