Id-Den Depths

 (Picture Credit - Lone Mind)

I say again: the fifties film “Forbidden Planet”

Brought us “Monsters from the Id”

Where your worst nightmares

Were brought to life

From the deepest recesses

Of your subconscious mind.

The Id is such a frightful thing.

It can create the greatest pleasure

Or the most horrific monster.

Even God may have an Id.

Maybe that Id created this heavenly hell

We call Earth.

Does anyone anywhere have any control

Of The Id?

Probably not.

Those mountains of our mind

No man fathomed.

Gloomy jungles infested by crocodiles.

Endless depths.

The Id holds all the cards,

Letting us have a memory

Now and then.

Imagine if our dreams

Could truly come to life!

Bad enough that the alligator within us

Swishes with fear

And anger

The moment we feel threatened

When really we are safe

As “Mindfulness” shows.

Yes, the Id is King of the brain,

No democracy here

And all we can do

Is play along

As best we can.

Paul Butters

© PB 27\2\18.