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
Copyright © Marsha Hughes | Year Posted 2020
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