First Poem

first poem first ego first alter ego first id no echo of self-esteem no exaggeration no inflated opinions no empowerment a second side to possibilities an alternative personality an uncommon insight a doppelganger mirror imaging art no identification no qualifications no unconscious psyche no primitive impulses no superego no conscience to the ego developing moral standards infantile, rules of contact through parents physically enforced, I am premolar pre-puberty child perceiving environment through new eyes smaller perspectives of dimensional scale elevation growth half life intellect imagination pure perceptions encoding imprinting fairy tale pictures still catalysis escapism first introduction into alternative reflective thought waves first introduction into exploring memory mix settings first introduction into writing own poetic landscapes first introduction into artistic possibilities inscribed Copyright © Terence George Craddock