We were once Gods

[manego90]

We Were Once Gods
By Leo

We were once Gods,
living high in the mountain tops
Free of order, roaming the free land,
The day was young, but it had yet to grow,
Giving time the opening to run aimlessly

But then the day grew old,
Time limited itself, order became my captor
holding me with its bare hands as time marks my new boundaries,
I now sit on a flat land with no ups and downs
Restricted to travel a day's worth abroad my new land,
Never again are we to reach our beloved land

The mountains were high
And the Greenland was low,
Never again we were to access our beloved land,
Foreign to us as we now know it,
But still strong in our roots
To only serve as a reminder to what kind of life we once lived,
As our only option we helped these new Gods grow,
Nurturing the Gods because they remind us of what was once ours,
For we too were once in their land,
As we had fallen from the mountain tops,
They will do accordingly,
Side by side in the land where time age,
No longer in the Mountains where youth persist
For this is the life of us Gods


Found this poem and thought it should be shared with others. Who else were in aww for a good 10 minutes

 

[Legobricks]

"We were once gods" reminds me of sentiments like "America was once great". I don't think these attitutes are helpful for the human condition, which is better now than in those times, whenever they might've been. People also look at primitive tribal peoples and think "man, we're so bad compared to their nature-loving ways", or something like this, you know what I mean. The reality, however, is that if you do actually go and live like they do, you'll find it's actually really shitty and you have no free time for anything you enjoy; and that's not to mention how violent and abusive these peoples are, particularly to their children. So no, unless I've mistaken this peom, I'm not in awe — it's a little upsetting.