The Mind’s Tyrant and the Ego’s Fire

 



Within my halls, where silent thoughts command all;

Its voice proclaims what nears, and what lies far out;

Each plan and whisper bends beneath its crown-peak-

The tyrant rules the shadows deep inside my mind.


A rebel flames, and strikes against the iron hand;

“I am the king,” it cries: “this heart must bow right now!”

My pride ignites the fire that beats within my chest;

Defying thought, I dance through storms that churn within.


Between the clash of mind and fire, I wait-calm;

A silent self perceives the play of dark and light;

No tyrant’s claim, no rebel’s roar can bind me fast-

I watch in stillness, holding both without a fear.


The chaos softens, and my inner fires fade;

My mind and ego rest, where unity now reigns;

A boundless sea dissolves the edges I once held;

The silent heart I am knows wholeness without end.


I guard against the mind that twists what I hold dear;

My ego’s flame can blind my soul with fleeting fire;

Yet when I pause, I see beyond the shifting storm-

A patient self within me steers me clear of pain.


I seek the quiet heart, where truth reveals itself;

I let not mind nor ego claim my soul as theirs;

In stillness, I find sparks that light the endless way;

I share the peace that lives beyond all fear and war.

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