Illusion Of Their Love

Illusion Of Their Love
© Surazeus
2025 02 07

Alert to wings of fire, her heart has flown 
from heavy horror of aggressive fear 
to brood in twisted limbs of that vast tree 
that explodes slowly from soil of despair, 
blinded by illusion of what should be, 
till she breaks free to manage what is real. 

Eager to express with clandestine faith 
secure felicity of fluent force, 
Yasmina laughs with horror of surprise 
at shocking silence of martialized wind, 
cheated by aggressive theft of desire, 
and quivers with compassion to survive. 

Bathed in regressive waves of rancid hope, 
contrived by voices who demand she pray 
with obedient submission, she escapes 
comprehensive strictness of binding laws 
to dance with brittle joy on restless shores 
beyond all bounds of false propriety. 

Duped by delusion of bland liberty, 
she feels was promised by society, 
Yasmina plucks plums from time-twisted tree 
to taste bitter sweetness of claims denied, 
then twirls about on graceful toes of fear 
to hide hard-bitten angst of honesty. 

Though bombs no longer blast her paradise 
to swirling dust of political lies, 
stirred by international promises 
of protection from hate, Yasmina sings 
beautiful hymn to hide anguished despair 
with mercurial voice of resigned respect. 

Fierce soldier wrapped in shield of bitter hate 
for family murdered in the holocaust, 
glares at young girl by the broken plum tree, 
who knows without doubt of religious faith 
he is her loving husband and soulmate 
in some other world of the multiverse. 

With gentle smile that hides terror of pain, 
Yasmina offers Ariel ripe plum 
from tree of her heart, so, behind his mask 
of blinding rage, his heart stirs from dark cave 
to gaze with reverence at her radiant face 
with light that dispels cruel storm of regret. 

With surprise of the angel stuck in Hell, 
Ariel comes to realize with faint hope 
that he has met his soulmate in gray ruins 
of shattered enterprise, and so they build 
in their hearts quaint home with garden of trees 
where they dwell in illusion of their love.