Blood Of The Fallen Angel

Blood Of The Fallen Angel
© Surazeus
2024 02 11

The leaf that falls alone into my hand 
contains secret song of the fallen angel 
who walks beside me on the broken road 
with the radio that plays old Broadway tunes 
till he lies down on lost library steps 
to meditate on truth ten thousand years. 

The glass that glitters on the windowsill 
contains sacred tears of the fallen angel 
who watches silly television shows 
about the Air Force pilot and the clown 
engaged in dire missions to save the world 
from tyrants who try to control our brains. 

The painting of the white horse in the church 
contains cruel riddles of the fallen angel 
who attends the annual conference of poets 
to trick them with new rules for writing verse 
that confuse factory workers without hope 
to praise the princess on the elephant. 

The antenna on the old rugged cross 
contains mental dreams of the fallen angel 
who prances in the crowd on Christmas Eve 
to celebrate fall of the global empire 
that frees the people to fight civil wars 
over whose Jesus Idol is more real. 

The bridge that spans abyss of watching eyes 
contains false memories of the fallen angel 
who invites us to his house by the sea 
where his grandmother bakes us apple pie 
while we watch world war on the evening news 
over who will rule New Jerusalem. 

The jeweled crown I forged from dragon bone 
contains star power of the fallen angel 
who declares himself President for Life 
while his Knights of the Round Table arrest 
rebels against fascist authority 
that God bestows on him with Hand of Fate. 

The Holy Grail on my computer desk 
contains royal blood of the fallen angel 
who incarnates every three hundred years 
to reign as messiah with Word of Truth 
while his sons build castles on river hills 
to colonize the world with mindless faith. 

The quill that quivers lost on the sea strand 
contains strange stories of the fallen angel 
who waits for turning of the wheel of stars 
to rise as Hidden Dragon of world power 
and design United Nations of Earth 
based on justice and liberty for all.