It seems to me, in the end <br />(Or perhaps the beginning?) <br /> <br />It is the ego that dies <br /> <br />While the spirit soars to <br />A new and higher awakening. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in PRIVATE Intenational Review, No.38, Sep 2006)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/man-overboard/
