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 © | Year Posted 2020

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Keady Avatar
March 16, 2020 at 7:28 PM
Nice Write MH... . I don't need an electric shock though... your words are high voltage enough!.. Well done you.. Best wishes DAMO x
Hughes Avatar
March 16, 2020 at 8:19 PM
Lol. Hope to be inspired in self isolation. To feel more and create more. But to tell you the truth all I feel is numb right now. Ugh.
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