Gods on the Street Corner

By Rebel_not_Radical

Here in our palms is the essence of ambrosia
Sun-dried and golden like the sunsets
Maybe for others, stains of week old coffee

Grown from the earth which will eventually envelop us all
We take it in as the chain which binds us all dictates
We roll it into the precious papyrus of pleasure
All the while we drink gin and lose our sobriety
Just like how we lost our virginity
We anticipate euphoria as the father to his newborn child

Lighting it up now
Dancing flames titter on the edge
They move their hips tempting and seducing
Embers come to life as yours begin to dissipate
There is no turning back
Maybe there will be no place to turn back to anyway
But we became Gods on our street corner...

We learn how to fly again as we raise our arms
To praise only the cosmic creations above
We infuse ourselves with the answers to life
Amidst the haziness and non-sense that shrouds
We leave our mortality like pain leaves the body
As we are invulnerable we see our weaknesses
Epiphainies shower in aurora borealis
We melted millions of brain cells
But We became Gods on our street corner...

Like all good things though
This shit has to end
Like gods they too will die eventually
Easy come easy go
But I will never forget
The days we became gods on the street corner...

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© 2006 Tetch de la Cruz
Published on Friday, August 11, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: this is brilliant. im gonna go hunt you down, turn you upside down and steal your poetry. just kidding.:D kitakits!

  • A former member wrote: seriously, this is great. i'd love to be ur collab buddy sometime. i agree with anna helianthus,the imagery is so great...

  • Rebel_not_Radical On Thursday, March 29, 2007, Rebel_not_Radical (78)By person wrote:

    ~wow seriously? gotta think hard on that though, im still not that good/experienced as a writer...thanks for the offer!

  • Mari On Thursday, November 2, 2006, Mari (425)By person wrote:

    .

  • Solace On Wednesday, September 13, 2006, Solace (1069)By person wrote:

    Reminds me of belonging...of walking into a place where everyone knows you and you feel like a king and click your fingers and do a little dance move...and life just melts away and becomes so easy carefree...

  • A former member wrote: "stains of week old coffee" I have been seduced by this great poem; it holds the things we should not see, but can not see. Those things that never happen, yet do. Well done.

  • Rebel_not_Radical On Saturday, August 12, 2006, Rebel_not_Radical (78)By person wrote:

    ~hahah nice. Glad someone couldve felt it like i did

  • A former member wrote: "Epiphainies shower in aurora borealis We melted millions of brain cells But We became Gods on our street corner..." i very much enjoyed the imagery in this. great write, welcome to dp.

  • Rebel_not_Radical On Friday, August 11, 2006, Rebel_not_Radical (78)By person wrote:

    ~yes it is. Most of all this is how we feel when we go out for sessions. I dont write things i dont experience or know 1st hand

  • Spiritus_Frumenti On Friday, August 11, 2006, Spiritus_Frumenti (341)By person wrote:

    this is a declaration of human disintegrity, i think, either way it was very fascinating to read...-l-

  • urbanhumility On Friday, August 11, 2006, urbanhumility (1175)By person wrote:

    well written.....concise and fluid....the intrest is there.......articualate..............well done...............urban

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