Simulated Greatness

This is the twenty-sixth entry in my series of song-inspired poems! With this one, a couple of lines of inspiration came together (including this week’s song, ‘Do Ya Wanna Taste It’ by Wig Wam, of course) and I’m pretty proud of what I ended up with, so I hope you enjoy reading it!

First Poem In This Series: To Witness, To Behold, inspired by ‘Sowing The Seeds Of Love’ by Tears For Fears

Previous Poem In This Series: Inescapable Endings, inspired by ‘The One’ by Elena Siegman and Kevin Sherwood

Simulated Greatness

In another world,
we hide beneath cardboard
and become legends
and fall.

In another world,
we storm the tower,
become neon folktales
and fall.

In another world,
there is another world–
we are gods without tables
and fall.

Do you know? Do you remember?
We say goodbye to blue eyes
and pat cremello for the last time,
before we fall.

And for just a moment,
the world is gold,
and your insides sing
with a trembling bitterness.

This is the best,
and the highest;
this is the worst,
because it must end.

Even if we know it is coming–
that it cannot be opened
and his lies will end in fire–
still, we walk on, hand-in-hand.

This is simulated greatness,
simulated pride, and simulated falls.
This is where it is safe to ponder
the having, or not having, of souls.

In these worlds,
we are alive, and we can reach
because it is okay to fall–
credits will catch our tears.

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