PUBERTY RITES

Some people

are burdened with huge egos

that long out-live their sell-by date;

they can prance and strut indefinitely,

arrested in pre-adolescence,

warped by a mash of indulgence with neglect,

nannying for fake effects.

This is our selfish, youthful short-termed and sighted, me

natively innocent, yet innately wise:

  fear, status and greed-prone,

un-weathered, un-cooked -

half-baked literally.

An interim stage that allows us to outstretch, over-reach

and experiment,

developing a sense of myself

not just a conscious clone or

appendage.

Its an alchemical process,

a precursor step on the path to self-motivated maturity;

 to find a centre to grow from:

transmuting the cocoon ego

towards the ultimate, winged I

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