Poem Number 23088

Root of All Evil

They said money was the root
of every evil in sight.
Some billionaires shed their billions
to feed the poor and treat the sick
That can't be evil, I said.
The shoe-shine boy came over
put in his humble two cents.
I know the root of all evil
said the simple shoe polisher
I leave it outside the room
before I enter it
he said to the smirking proud men.
And what may that root be, asked one.
It's man's ego, said the shoe shiner.

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Whack! went his stained rag

Yes, a man who will not let go of his own ego, is like a man going through life with blinders on. But ego is much easier seen in others than in oneself. Ego may indeed be the root of all evil, for a certainty it is dangerous when feed, because ego makes one right in their own eyes, think that the way they see things is exactly the way things are, gives them too great a vision of self-importance.
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Very insightful analysis, anon = Ben