Last Battle Of The Broken Hearts

Last Battle Of The Broken Hearts
© Surazeus
2018 11 07

The knight fallen on the chess board of power
is crucified by rage of the greedy bishop
when he fails to win hearts and minds of people
who adore the princess in the glass tower
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

The humble pawn who will crown himself king
defends the princess when the bishop tries
to make her sign her fortune to his name
while the knight is drunk, gambling in the tavern
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

The blind man on the white horse rides alone
maze of city streets with new motor cars,
releasing butterflies with magic eyes
to record everything the people do
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

The oldest woman in the world, who knows
the secret name I hide in broken jewel,
writes riddles in code on my tender skin
to map the history of the universe
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

The serpent queen gives apple to the jester
who mocks the haughty king on throne of power
but dodges when he hurls spear at his heart
and transforms into minister of state
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

The princess in the moonlight calls my name
and throws me her guitar from tower of glass
so I walk crowded streets in hot noon sun,
singing satires for tyrant on the throne
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

The bishop smashes guitar with his crozier
then breaks my fingers under leather boots,
so I wander mute in waste land of visions
where the serpent queen reveals the real truth
in the last battle of the broken hearts.

Kneeling before the dead oak tree of Odin,
I explain to the owl with golden eyes
that I, Godot, have arrived here at last,
so my broken fingers grow as tree roots
in the last battle of the broken hearts.