EGOCENTRIC

Acrostic. I am officially becoming acrostic mad.

EGOCENTRIC

Eye-gazes like limelights
Greet my celebrated presence.
Ostensibly full of delight, yet
Coveting secretly: my brilliance.
Eat my s**t from a gilded plate
Now claim it to be the sweetest
Thing that you ever ate.
Revel in the glory I exude.
I am of greater import than any of you.
Center of my universe.  

Author's Note

Hmmm. I feel what I am defining here may be a little closer to narcissism than egocentricity. I understand they are similar traits that don't always accompany each other, but in this case they do.
Thoughts?

Reviews

[softlyfall]

And actually it is not narcissism...it is solipsism.

[-inactive now-]

Nah I meant narcissism. I understand what both narcissism and solipsism are.

[softlyfall]

Great acrostic. I am wondering though, why do you lapse into the vernacular only once? The rest of the syntax is idiomatic at times but much more formal. Not that "s**t: is a bad word...but "eat s**t" is almost comically cliche. It doesn't do an otherwise excellent poem any favor.

[-inactive now-]

Fair point. Yes, 'eat s**t' is cliche, I completely oversaw that fact when I was writing this. However, I wrote it with absolutely zero comical intention. I simply worded exactly what I intended to convey. Hmm I may reconsider that line. Thank you for feedback, I much appreciate it.
:)

[PhoenixDown]

Was also going to comment on the last one, but since you used the same style again, I will say it here - Kudos with the acrostic format. I was literally looking into it a week ago, and just started a few pieces in the same style tonight finally. It is fun and useful, but you already have found out! haha.

[-inactive now-]

Thanks man :), yea it fun indeed. I only just started getting into it like a week ago. Putting the words together feels much like piecing a puzzle of an image you alone created.