His ego was so huge,
that everyone thought it was spectacular;
no one knew that it was just a bubbly, jellied balloon,
that beneath the gigantic elastic words,
lay a fragile, small mind.
They helped him to blow it up and massaged it,
it grew and grew until the center could no longer hold,
and the gigantic ego bubble burst,
all the fragility was set amok,
to open-mouthed looks of shock.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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That is the bit that no one ever tells us about EGO
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True. We pretend it’s not there.
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Sorry about the fall. May he rise wiser; to fall no more!
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Let’s hope so 😉 Thank you Sir
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Fab, beautifully written.
Ego is a thing isn’t. It is amazing what people say , how their ego speaks not realising how inappropirate what they said was…
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A bit like Humpty Dumpty 🙂
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Yep! The right name 🙂
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I was hoping you would not be offended by that tongue in cheek comment 🙂
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Not at all! It suits just fine 😉
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Your insight astounds me somtimes, Jacqueline. I sense a new beginning also. Great image too!
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Aww Roo, thank you for such lovely comment. I sense a new beginning 🙂
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Oh, I love this. Some egos can’t be contained.
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Such egos need a pin to prick it 😉
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Excellent and outstanding! Sounds like some folks on my job. They are a Legend in their own minds! !
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Hmm! Such folks can be totally annoying and overrate their own importance.
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LOL – this post makes me think of celebrities and politicians…and one horrible combination of both, in particular!
😉
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You and I are thinking alike 😉
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So witty and insightful!
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Thank you 🙂
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