Walk A Signless Road

Walk A Signless Road
Surazeus
2011 02 05

Torn letter falls lost on dusty wood floor
and neon sign flickers in silent blue rain
and bicycle rusts chained to bent stop sign
and lady bug clings to smudged window
and blanket crumples from torn mattress
and rainbow clown wig collects gray dust
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Telephone rings in a dark empty house
and television flickers black and white fuzz
and truck tires sink in rain-soaked muck
and yellow dress hangs forgotten on a line
and window cracks over a hundred years
and curtain snags against broken shards
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Train whistles shrieking over desolate plain
and horse gallops on wings of wild wind
and rattlesnake hisses in gloomy arroyo
and turtle crawls across an empty highway
and radio crackles by stained coffee cup
and book of poems falls from moving car
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

No one reads what I write in window dust
and I changed my name to hide my face
and burned every photo stealing my soul
and I lean on windowsill over busy street
and cut pretty girls from glossy magazines
and glue a collage to create a perfect bride
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Water splashes in a fountain by bright sea
and swan transforms into a beautiful girl
and mute poet plays guitar in market place
and horses pull wagons of big-city tourists
and angel walks alone in city of metal masks
and brass doors of ancient temple are locked
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Vampire alien with throbbing brain grins
and grandmother bakes fresh hot apple pie
and gold kitten purrs in arms of a little girl
and father messiah laughs while drinking beer
and young girl screams after a car accident
and her parents are buried in forgotten graves
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Laughing skull of Hamlet rises from its grave
and zombies in gray suits work in clean banks
and vampire preaches sermons in glass church
and gargoyles in uniforms invade desert land
and oil baron rides steel dinosaur of power
and Zurg assassinates King of Angel Island
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Ball of gas twirls exploding in hot flames
and jagged mountains thrust up from soil
and abyss cracks wide open between worlds
and sulphur spews steaming from mud lakes
and lava gurgles from trembling volcanoes
and oceans heave smashing huge continents
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Angels battle devils on chessboard pyramid
and Marduk twirls slingshot throwing boulders
and Indra stirs ocean with thundering club
and Zurvan smashes stones with a hammer
and Jehovah strikes with scepter of jewels
and Zeus hurls spear of hot lightning flash
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Computer screen blinks blue in dark room
and telephone wires shake in wind storm
and cows huddle by wall of sagging barn
and typewriter lurches sideways in a closet
and stack of blank paper swirls in a cyclone
and paperback novels are soaked in a box
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Barbie doll lies naked contorted in grass
and a pop star dances on a bright-lit stage
and beer bottles clank on dark hotel floor
and a camera falls crushed under bus tire
and a teenage girl takes off tattered jeans
and cigarette butts smolder on cafe tables
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Protesters hungry for food gather in a square
and boys wave flags demanding dictator resign
and tanks rumble down deserted city streets
and people hold hands forming human chain
and police race motorbikes swinging clubs
and girls sing hymns for freedom to choose
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Children watch cartoons on television screen
and actors perform on stage in curving halls
and folk singer plays guitar in a smoky bar
and mime touches invisible box inside a park
and girls assemble cell phones in a factory
and old queen sits alone in cold empty castle
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Helicopters swoop over cities torn by riots
and soldiers battle for truth in urban zones
and snipers shoot citizens fleeing in terror
and suicide bombers destroy busy cafes
and terrorists drive trucks into embassies
and drug dealers battle in quiet desert towns
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Chandeliers glitter in marble dancing hall
and homeless huddle under highway bridge
and cute girls in silk gowns dance with dates
and prostitute is raped twenty times a night
and little girl giggles on shoulders of her dad
and old woman freezes in newspapers and rats
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Young boy holds hands with pretty girlfriend
and they walk country road in windy trees
and city towers glitter in cool evening light
and he turns to kiss her soft rosy cheek
and she smiles a skeleton with rotting flesh
and he sobs clutching her close to his heart
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Lost boy stands alone on a hill of flowers
and sun gleams bright on wind-swept trees
and river glitters blue among tree trunks
and galloping horse pauses by jagged crag
and birds twitter among red apples that fall
and pale hand glows as she spreads fingers
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

What is meaning of this weird hungry life
and why am I me and nobody else alive
and what is true name that only I give myself
and how was I born in this body of flesh
and why do people kill each other in hate
and will my spirit live after my body breaks
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Cars glitter speeding on asphalt highways
and computers hum calculating spirit wealth
and false prophets chatter on issue talk shows
and cooks prepare meals in crowded restaurants
and men build office towers and fancy homes
and machines assemble cars in vast factories
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Who can embrace complexity of this world
and record names of every person ever born
and calculate karma value of their deeds
and paint portraits of every messy family
and plot tangled cause and effect of history
and write novels about every individual life
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Moon glitters on water in a deep dark well
and woman sings in gown of silk and lace
and man kneels offering her jar of honey
and child suckles milk at her plump breast
and boy follows his father hunting in woods
and princess gazes from window of a tower
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Green crystal gleams on mountain of stone
and tailless monkeys rise in lake of dreams
and gather around jewel of shimmering eyes
and stretch their arms toward shining stars
and wordless song rises from their hearts
and I drink water from pool of golden spirit
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

Families share feast and song at holidays
and I hold you close in my loving arms
and we share stories of our hoping lives
and kiss making love in our soft warm bed
and our souls swirl on flaming angel wings
and we become vast as universe of stars
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.

I breathe deep fresh air after sparkling rain
and though world spins I stand in sunlight
and hold your hand by cool flowing stream
and dance with you among blooming trees
and I see myself in faces of every living soul
and I mail this love song in a letter to you
and I walk a signless road looking for my love.