There once were Gods

burning with primal desire        
yearning for wild fire        
this my love and lust for life        
this my simple plea just to be free        
release me from these mortal bonds          
my feral spirit responds        
a shattered cage opens wide
flooding the world with hubris and sin        
dancing atop mountain spires, knife edged seracs cutting deep          
my blood spilling out on darkening page        
words transformed by magnetic storms        
haunting lies hiding the truth within        
the elixir of the gods was but a lie        
drunk on hubris, mad with power, all but blind to their demise        
the gods cast from heaven to be shunned even by the devil        
giving mortal man their knowledge and power        
the gift but poison pill        
drunk forever on the gods' elixir           
foretelling of the world's demise        
I care not for heaven or hell, I care not the fate of man        
bred of anger, raised to fury the mantle of the gods I cast aside        
fearing no god for I am no prey        
my eyes like knives staring from the grey        
yet one small flame does remain        
for a love that holds the world's reins        
one last glance toward the addiction of power        
serenity is found within your bower        
seeking warmth beside your fire        
I curl forever around your feet        
so I pity the poor gods their shallow freedom        
for never knowing the love I have found with you