untitled poem | 20 September 2020 | “Shackles of Success”

I don't care much for 
Victory 
What I truly desire is 
Truth 

Victory 
Elevates but 
Truth 
Liberates 

I'm tired 
Tired of the prison 
The shackles of success 
The shadows cast by ego 

Truth 
cannot be conquered 
But it can be perverted 
Perverted by selfishness 

So many claim they desire 
Truth 
But too many lie - they claim to own 
Truth 

Truth 
Does not belong to any person 
Truth 
Belongs to the universe 

That does not do the ego 
Ego consumes the 
Truth 
Shitting out its mind's child