Chasing My Tail – a poem by Mike Wilson

Chasing My Tail


Ego loves no one.
Therefore, it can’t exist
because  
love alone
exists
a fact
the ego 
must conceal
or ego 
dies


So ego tells a story 
where
ego’s a hero
ego’s a villain
or ego is something else
lying
faster 
than me
turning around
can see

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in many magazines and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic (Rabbit House Press). A second poetry collection (Before the Fall, Kelsay Books) and a debut novel (Food Court, Main Street Rag) are forthcoming in 2026. Mike lives in Lexington, Kentucky.