Can

Drink. 

Upon impulse you reach for that can 
Sitting there within range
On the shelf there
Within the halo of light

You reach for the fire
That will Light the oxygen
That is in your lungs

You reach for the knowledge
That this will bring you to fame
That this has the potential to feed your desire

You reach for the power
That boasts of immortality
That will not end with an early death

Drank.

Upon impulse you reached for that can
That sat there within range
On the shelf over there
Gone is the halo of light

The fire incinerates within you
The oxygen is crackling with the burning
Of the fight that is in your lungs

The knowledge consumes you
Of unknown depths of the fame  
That burns within you to be desired 

The power is attracted to you
That boasts of the immortality
Death is not an option 

Drunk. 

The can has been consumed
It is no long within range
The shelf is no longer needed
The halo is upon you now

Unquenchable is the fire
It eats at the oxygen that is cannot
And destroys all that is impossible

Knowledge is what you have
And you keep modesty now instead of fame
Your will to be an individual is desired

Power is all yours, conqueror of the can
With this you can be immortal
Defeat in death is no longer an option