The ego hungers,
gorging itself
on what feeds its insecurity.

Why are we starving
in a world
abundant
with beauty and benevolence?

    Stop bingeing on nothing,
    and the ego dies;
    the real you
    finally lives,
    nourished by what matters.

This is a diet
to die for. 

Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All
rights reserved.