A Wise One Told Me About The Ego

A wise one told me about the ego he told me one without ego death does not fear What he said one might say has me thinking and though my thougts on the matter not clear For his words in fact do seem quite truthful such insightful knowledge seems rare He does seem to know about ego and of it's workings he does seem aware So wise for one in life's early forties of ego I feel he is right He spoke with the wisdom of an old sage he is blessed with the gift of insight He said 'tis the ego that fears death though with him I did disagree I realize now that he is right one far more enlightened than me Some of the side effects of a big ego are pride arrogance and self conceit The known flaws of the egotistical and such a criteria I feel I do meet The ego as well as being in love with self loves recognition and the ego loves money and fame The ego the source of narcissism does cringe at the feelings of shame And the ego it can be quite fearful and it does fear death most of all And the wise words of that very wise fellow for as long as I live I'll recall.