Unthought Thoughts Us

Unthought thoughts

Mind drives away from

city security

down winding rural road

where grass grows higher

hiding

snakes

screws

splintered boards

rusted joints

oranged and weather beaten

into submission

behind sheds and

outbuildings

nails eager for bare feet

begging from buried spaces

for admission and acceptance

life’s blood

the places we avoid

don’t even look at

the mangled earth

left to rot

not forgotten

more painful

willfully ignored

and neglected

apathy as a

determined choice

even ambivalence

gotten wrong

not strong enough

to bury wrongs

in more than a

shallow grave

tetanus

protect us

if only there was

us

unthought

Ego

I’m not a narcissist

I have a list of

my flaws

long as my over-sized

arms to share

a laying out of

my short-comings

wider than my

ample thighs

a telling of my

strengths

shorter than my

fleeting patience

a collection of

my accomplishments

smaller than

my calcified heart

Ego feeds on

thoughts of me

I

mine

here

now

want

help

fix

save

cry

hurt

take

away

stay

and with my

ego appetite tentacles

I

push

shove

remove

surrender

retreat

demand

compel

withhold

withdraw

silence

compete

demean

mother

no partner

friend

not parent

all

but nothing

everything

to myself

Maybe I am