Bright Eyes Of Angels

Bright Eyes Of Angels
© Surazeus
2022 12 24

Bright stars that twinkle in the ice-blue sky 
shine with timeless beauty beyond death 
indifferent to birth of man on the Earth, 
yet still we gaze into its diamond eye 
as we huddle around glowing stone hearth 
and sing bleak hymns of hope with desperate breath. 

Bright snowflakes flutter from the ice-blue sky 
in languid terror of hungry despair 
that gnaws our twisted hearts with aching hope 
that we live long enough to question why 
we shiver lonely on the mountain slope 
while longing for the sun to warm the air. 

Bright moon that glitters in the ice-blue sky 
refracts ten thousand rainbows on the snow 
that shimmers silent over rugged hill 
in necropastoral scene where no crows fly 
except blind ghosts whose voices are too shrill 
for me to feel how frozen rivers flow. 

Bright eyes of angels in the ice-blue sky 
gaze down from walls of castles in white clouds 
when my pregnant wife grips my hand and screams 
while giving birth to child with one star eye 
who will interpret riddles of our dreams 
when he must preach before truth-seeking crowds. 

Bright sun that expands in the ice-blue sky 
unveils eternal beauty of the soul 
that emanates from neural net of brains 
when I measure real things to classify 
complex matrix of atomic domains 
that beams worlds of spirits from the White Whole. 

Bright dawn dispels fear in the ice-blue sky 
so we explore beyond the haven wall 
to gather wood and fruit from forest store 
then work together to bake apple pie 
while holding hands with the one we adore 
to feast and dance in warm festival hall. 

Bright energy glows in the ice-blue sky 
we mistake for some god who gives us life, 
inventing purpose from random events 
to soothe our hearts fraught with anxiety 
by giving each other heart-felt presents 
and shaking hands to put aside our strife. 

Bright nothing vibrates in the ice-blue sky 
as we celebrate rebirth of the sun 
that shines again after the longest night 
embodied by new-born child with the eye 
that sees infinity inside the light 
till he designs the law-enforcing gun.