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Kisses of Debasement
I went to far at end of days
conveyed a love that few display
when deities were brought to bear
by invocations love had led
the ground quaked at the gentle tread
hinting powers beyond compare
still pained lust sought to hold
these entities beneath the soles
I kissed the god beneath their feet
enraptured by the underneath
fully stooped in shamed respect
for the position I’ll not regret
now these passions are condemned
by the souls who can’t comprehend
the extremes of embarrassment
lavished kisses of debasement.
© 2020. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20200401.
conveyed a love that few display
when deities were brought to bear
by invocations love had led
the ground quaked at the gentle tread
hinting powers beyond compare
still pained lust sought to hold
these entities beneath the soles
I kissed the god beneath their feet
enraptured by the underneath
fully stooped in shamed respect
for the position I’ll not regret
now these passions are condemned
by the souls who can’t comprehend
the extremes of embarrassment
lavished kisses of debasement.
© 2020. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20200401.
Published 28th Apr 2020
Author's Note
The poem “Kisses of Debasement” was inspired by a misheard line in Aurora’s song, “I Went Too Far”. The prompt for the work was, “I went to far and kissed the god beneath your feet.”
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28th Apr 2020 3:28am
Very cool poem. The description of a foot fetish is cool. Keep on writing.
1st Oct 2020 6:33pm
Nice work! I love that you took inspiration from a misheard line in a song. That might inspire me to do likewise. Misheard lines can change the entire meaning of a song, can't they? Example: I used to think the line was "You give love a band-aid" instead of the reality, which was "You give love a bad name." TOTALLY different meaning. Rocked my world to learn I was wrong about those lyrics and the meaning of the song after having heard it for years and years the one way.
That said, I got a very different meaning from the poem than Phantom did. I didn't see it as a foot fetish so much as an alluding to a special kind of love affair with Hades (or another deitified being from hell or underworldly origins). Maybe I have just divested too much of my thinking the last 12 hours to Roman and Greek mythology.
That said, I got a very different meaning from the poem than Phantom did. I didn't see it as a foot fetish so much as an alluding to a special kind of love affair with Hades (or another deitified being from hell or underworldly origins). Maybe I have just divested too much of my thinking the last 12 hours to Roman and Greek mythology.
