Ancient Soul Of Artemis

Ancient Soul Of Artemis
© Surazeus
2024 04 27

The young deer that pauses on my front lawn 
and stares at me while I stare back at her 
may channel ancient soul of Artemis 
to visit me with some secret to say, 
but then she shyly turns and glides away 
without acknowledging wars of mankind. 

While gangsters masked as politicians fight 
over who will control grand halls of power 
I step outside the door to my front lawn 
and search for Artemis in glowing mist, 
but she is gone to wild forest of bliss 
where she knows beautiful truth of the flower. 

Gathered on the university lawn 
to protest endless wars of genocide, 
where people kill each other over land 
before the others kill them as they play, 
the children of snow cry to the Blue Sky 
to bring justice to the children of sand. 

The eagle in the blue sky of world power 
fights the hawk over who will rule the globe 
while the raven in the oak tree of faith 
brings mushrooms to mad prophet in the cave 
who dances with illusions of the mind 
while chanting arcane spells of thought control. 

Each morning when I wake before gold dawn 
I watch the cautious deer with moon-black eyes 
patrol the world with soul of Artemis 
whose bow of justice strikes down tyranny 
as we work to preserve democracy 
with equality and justice for all. 

In cavern of illusions by the sea 
I watch vision of human history 
that displays rise and fall of world empires 
where clever men present themselves as gods 
who organize institutions of power 
in our global food-production machine. 

I want to ride spirit of Artemis 
as she glides in the sky on wings of truth 
to fight greedy tyrants in halls of power, 
who take control of rich nations in coups, 
so people of each land may cast their vote 
to choose wise leaders they want with free will. 

Yet fierce Achilles, always mad with grief, 
kills noble Hector who protects his land, 
so mobs of thieves conquer productive states, 
enslaving honest people with blind greed, 
till the cosmic herald wields wand of wisdom 
to operate United Nations of Earth.