I’m as high as a kite
As a rocket driven heavenward
On the fuel of cliche
I’m as large as Godzilla
With the wisdom and kindness to turn my rage
Away from Tokyo
And toward the inconceivable ocean
That is my birthplace

I have at my fingertips
More power more energy
Than all the steam turbines
And nuclear reactors
Ever constructed
My sexuality extends to the edges of the galaxy
I possess the beneficent force
To abolish all boundaries

I exercise the vast discernment
To acknowledge my less-than-omnipotence
I am overwhelmingly but not absolutely
Powerful
In my footprints
The crushed stems of plants
Grow verdant and flower
My strength is matched only by my equanimity

I embody all configurations of the sublime
The mountaintops
The storms at sea
The inexpressible erotic ecstasies
The inexhaustible Faustian play of knowledge and skill
I know even that there are worlds beyond my own
And I know that soon enough I will plunge
And sing as I descend into the hell of dejection

2 responses to “Exaltation”

  1. Extraterrestrial Avatar
    Extraterrestrial

    I really enjoyed this poem. When ever you get a chance, you got to elaborate it more throughly to me. -ET

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    1. Greg "DK" Kelley Avatar
      Greg “DK” Kelley

      Go check out my commentary about “Exaltation” and its sister-poem “Dejection” at belletristicexploits.wordpress.com

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