Id

I have met you in various traditions

stroked you distinctly in belief

that you were mystical

till you lay quiet and meditate

myself, unsatisfied

 

You associate yourself between

mind and time

Both lost

as far as I am concerned

 

When catering to your degrees

of separation, self-knowledge

enacts itself in a lonely crazed world,

calls lack of desire an epiphany

near nirvana,

with no understanding

you’re here, my now

offer no enlightenment

 

Trapped in your illusion

a false dichotomy

manifesting in mistakes

defining physical attribution

to consciousness,

the skull of the plot to

dim lit perspective

 

What does one do

without a common denominator

among society,

the ultimate identity

more powerful

than area to zip codes?

 

Transcending between perceived reality

to obnoxious insecure senses

of forefront consciousness…

 

Your mental architecture lacks

mental building blocks of psyche

necessary to brick and mortar the

reservoir of energy

of all mental mechanics

 

Sadly,

 still leading to one solemn place

where we can share in the same

primary skill of sex

 

I wonder who loved your mother more

Was it the boy in you

or the father who left for fear

of not being man enough

 

How many years of repression did you suffer

trying to uncover the super hero in your family

for lack of father figure, society

 

Did it make you curious

Unhappy, or confused?

 

What is that thing that holds you back?

 

Why is it that I wonder?

 

Author's Note

As published in www.darkladypoetry.com Volume 1 / Issue 1

Reviews

[Kenny L. Mitchell]

This is very Freudian. The ID, EGO & Superego respectively culminates into the conscious, & subsconscious desires. It's truly impressive that this piece feels very psychological in it's subtext. I feel that this is the type of writing that goes beyond the common vale. It's very descriptive and quite illuminating about our own subconscious thought. Very thought provoking & profound. GREAT work!

[James Paulin]

An intellectual piece that brings to mind motivation in a psychological sense. Well written and worth rereading to soak in the overall message that is detailed within the analysis. I like the twist at the end.

[Jibey]

You write with a tight compression of ideas and a gutsy kind of structure that agonises over the issue... I couldn't help but be struck by the reference to the primary place of sex... where Id is lost in the primal emotion of maternal love... somehow

[Ed Hart]

Isn't it interesting that Id and ID are spelled the same way...