I

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I

The essential me.

My soul and spirit.

Never to be broken.

For I am who I am

And no-one else can live my life

But me.

No gods, emperors or kings

Can rule

Inside my head.

Sure, I can bow and scrape

To my “Superiors”,

Yet in the confines of my mind

My thoughts and feelings remain

My very own.

Inside, I have Attitude

And Assert myself fully.

You may well brainwash me

With ideology

And all manner of social-controlling stuff

But you will never eradicate

The essence

That is Me

Indeed I.

I may have little power

In this sordid world of ours,

But in the Universe of Planet Paul

I am effectively

God.

Without me,

Without my Mind,

My Id,

There would be no Life

In any place

For Me.

Without this Life

There is no World or Universe

As far as I

Am concerned.

For Me

Whatever I do not experience

Does not exist at all.

Think me selfish if you wish

Or Egocentric

Self-Centred

Call it what you will

I have to say it

As it is.

Just be grateful

That in the end

I am a loving soul.

Paul Butters

© PB 26\2\18.