The Problem With Ego Is Its Blindness Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

It's not the face of reality
Written on its face
Or the deep understanding of life
Oozing from its heart
It's the shallow interpretation of life
Folded in its mind
It's the blindness to the spiritual aspects of life
Leading it astray
It's the loss of selflessness
Clouding its mind
In pursuit of selfish interests
The ego is blinded
By the lure of materialism
And false power
It's the loss of humility
In the hour of fame
It's the false security
Erected by materialism
Identities, achievements and attachments
Nibbling at the surface of consciousness
Gives the ego its false narrative
Its obsession with winning
Its venomous appetite for fame
Its dark fears
Total darkness surrounds a lost soul
The problem with ego
Lies in its inability to give
Or to forgive
Its incapacitated state
Denies it of all the fruits of the spirit
Kindness, humility, compassion and love
The problem with ego
Emanates from the gigantic delusion
That inhabits its whole being

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