Me from Myself to Banish

Me from Myself to Banish - meaning Summary

Inner Sovereignty and Conflict

This short poem dramatizes an internal power struggle in plain, urgent terms. The speaker imagines banishing the self and building an impassable fortress, then admits that selfhood attacks itself. Peace seems attainable only by suppressing consciousness or relinquishing authority over the inner life. The final question—whether one can abdicate "Me of Me"—frames identity as contested sovereignty and poses resignation or self-erasure as the only escape from inner conflict.