ALS NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 8 Prompt: Ego and Love can/ cannot exist together
“Let’s dive into another week of poetry with the two most acknowledged emotions- love and ego. Do you think they can co-exist? Does love stand in the way of ego or vice-versa? What is ego? Let your experience guide your pen in deciding, “Ego and Love can/cannot exist together.”
I came up with two poems today. This is the second one!
Poem: ‘I am’ Ego
I am…
‘I am’ is the inception of pride
‘I am’ a notion that divides
‘I am’ instills fear
‘I am’ creates power
I am…
‘I am’ is supremacy
‘I am’ is control and authority
‘I am’ pulls away from love
‘I am’ pushes away that hurts
I am…
‘I am’ closes many doors
‘I am’ opens some more
‘I am’ wants to prove itself
‘I am’ veils me from my inner self
I am…
‘I am’ shadows me day and night
‘I am’ coerces me to think and fight
‘I am’ fears the unknown
‘I am’ makes me feel alone
I am…
‘I am’ focuses only on self
‘I am’ envisions a defiant world
‘I am’ surrounds me with darkness
‘I am’ thrives on its fondness
I am…
‘I am’ tramples on my heart
‘I am’ weighs all my laughs
‘I am’ mocks at everyone
‘I am’ values self and none
I am…
‘I am’ vanishes with balance
‘I am’ trembles with awareness
‘I am’ needs pure consciousness
‘I am’ is a part of whole Universe!
©Vandana Bhasin
08.04.2024