AN EGO MADE OF STONE

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    I remember watching my dad climb the corporate ladder...

    AN EGO MADE OF STONE


     At thirty, an ego made of stone

    Sculptor of his own statue

    So perfect, yet so cold

    Only weakness allows emotion

    To collide with its ambition

     

    At fifty, still like granite

    Measured by expensive toys

    Savoring the climb behind him

     Blinded to what lay ahead

    For an ego made of stone.

     

    At seventy, evidence of crumbling

    Alone at the top rung

     A Statue without a sculptor

     Longing for renovation

    Of an ego made of stone

     

    At ninety, new statue in its place

    All trace of broken remnants

    Long since swept away

    There’s nothing left

    Of an ego made of stone

     

     

     

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    FranzJ commented on AN EGO MADE OF STONE

    03-03-2011

    I wonder - was it worth the price - I hve seen it many times - also along with the climb- most forget where they come from
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    Rhymer commented on AN EGO MADE OF STONE

    10-08-2010

    excellent write, better to be a humble bumble I believe. Excellent piece.
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    julieannetx

    10/09/2010

    Thanks!

    shepardsbrother commented on AN EGO MADE OF STONE

    10-08-2010

    ego! mans hardest contention. i am sympathetic to those who have to be destroyed by such arrogance. but as they wither physically its to late to change. kudos
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    julieannetx

    10/08/2010

    Thanks for reading!

    Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

    Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

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