People Like Us

People like us Stalk the earth Ordinarily extraordinary  You will smell it, taste it If you come close Desire and madness Poignant, potent Irrefutable People like us Cannot be constrained By the cages of this world Rules and restrictions  Do not apply We are restless, strong Spirits of the wild Pacing, hunting Getting high off each other  People like us  Cry harder Laugh louder Sink deeper Dance wilder We need more, feel more Than the others People like us Have flashes of brilliance And bouts of darkness Electricity off, yet power remaining Dangerous, shocking Potentially deadly   People like us In the right circumstances, Are heroes, creators of beauty Even the terrible kind We are Life giving, defibrillation paddles Resuscitating the world We are The best kind of people  People like us You and I