World Of Upside Down

World Of Upside Down
© Surazeus
2022 01 29

This is the day to remain silent for 
since children remember the ones who die 
though nameless ghosts linger on the sea shore 
talking to the angry face in the sky 
who drenches us in sorrow of cold rain 
so we shiver in agony from pain. 

No one but wind in trees remembers why 
the faceless woman weeping in the door 
would never disenchant the hope to try 
if love wanders helpless to search for more 
since only ghost in the pool could atone 
for shattering illusion of the shocked stone. 

The boy in the windowless room explains 
how to arrange puzzle of thoughts we share 
long after the contemptuous moon wanes 
at smearing of paint on the broken stair 
to prove nothing which is hidden in books 
can heal the heart destroyed by silent looks. 

The girl in the shadowless grove of fear 
refuses to interpret blood-stained runes 
carved on glass wall of the time-twisting sphere 
so she erases truth with strange cartoons 
that narrate weird life of the trickster fox 
who redefines nature with melting clocks. 

The old man who falls asleep at his desk 
considers the laughter of children in parks 
who rejoice in humor of quaint burlesque 
performed on stage of undulating quarks 
to imitate style of the faceless clown 
who plays God in the world of upside down. 

The old woman whose brain sparks soul fireworks 
appears on pyramid with goddess mask 
to chant prophecies recorded by clerks 
who party all night at the raucous masque 
since only fools resist the urge to howl 
at second coming of the star-eyed owl. 

Sweet bitter lust of pungent cigar smoke 
replaces angst of desire blind gods express 
when brave messiah of the newly woke 
pressures powerful people to confess 
that eyes of the camera strip naked souls 
to mock assumed privilege of royal roles. 

This is the day to attend cosmic shows 
that unravel state of power by the lake 
from which first mother of mankind once rose 
to prepare with sorrow the chocolate cake 
since great empires collapse with ringing bells 
when murdered girls crawl from demonic wells.