Dear Ego

(Photo of and by Maryanne Mesplé, Santa Cruz CA)

Dear Ego

I’m done hiding in shadows

Of creeping around in the night

I’m done with hurts and anguish

From dreaming I’m not right

I’m done with spooky monsters

Misshapen forms that creepily look like me

I’m done with mistrust and misery

Thinking I’m the defective one not you

It’s never you so it must be me

I’m done with trying to please the world

That means everyone

I’m done measuring my soul against yours

And believing you've won

I’m done with pretending

There’s a hologram boogieman

Hungry to make me cry

I’m done believing all that you say

Is truth 'cause you never lie

I’m done feeding you dreams

Believing you care

I’m done following you blindly

Afraid to be free

Now

I’m done being what you call  fearful and guilty

Because now I'm free to be the spirit that is 'me’

Poem by Maryanne Mesplé

June 2016

In The Stillness of The Night

~In The Stillness of The Night~

Softly, gently, in the stillness of night

Your spirit slipped away taking flight

You curled up your body as if

Putting it away

Not needing to come back

You simply flew away

My tears call your name

My prayers beckon an

Answer

And the night gives

Me promise

That there is a hereafter

You said good night

You whispered a good bye

And I was too busy to listen

Distracted by my day

To know you had gone

Deciding not to stay

Softly, gently, in the stillness of night

Your spirit slipped away taking flight

Not needing to come back

You simply

Peacefully

Flew away

My brother, William Edward Hughes - Bill

Flew off to heaven, February 6th, 2016

Poem by Maryanne Mesplé April 17, 2016