Perceive The Why

Perceive The Why
© Surazeus
2022 02 07

When the ghost wants to haunt the doorless house 
after she plays chess with death on the beach 
I paint new angel mask for her to wear 
so we can talk about philosophy 
that teaches us how to perceive the why 
which can never describe reality. 

Each Sunday we drive to the grocery store 
to purchase the basic necessities 
which support our quest for the Holy Grail 
stolen by the hitchhiker in the snow 
who studies riddles to perceive the why 
which mirrors illusions of the god mind. 

The ghost who was never someone describes 
how Death extracts rainbow soul from the heart 
that coils itself around the shaking globe 
though children in the playground chant sad hymns 
while chasing shadows to perceive the why 
which calculates how brains process weird truth. 

Though rock of salvation crumbles to sand 
at relentless laughter of godless seas 
I walk among white houses of my ghosts 
who read ancient myths in some holy book 
that fails to show how to perceive the why 
which flickers on the television screen. 

When the ghost fails to haunt the lonely house 
that walks through the American frontier 
I kneel in garden of the singing skull, 
where the last prophet finds tablets of tales, 
then translate riddles to perceive the why 
which designs how flowers breathe out the wind. 

So many houses on old signless streets 
entomb mute spirits of the baptized saints 
killed by the crownless virus of despair 
though they had prayed to their god in the clouds 
for new salvation to perceive the why 
which repeats love songs on the radio. 

My mind is not quite right as moonless rain, 
so I walk in the graveyard where mute ghosts 
whisper secrets long ago carved on stones 
which devils use to play fun baseball games 
hoping we forget to perceive the why 
which records our stories on tangled tape. 

When the ghost invites me to paint her face 
concealed by shimmer of eternity 
I hold her hand with confident desire 
we can generate new life with our love 
that inspires my song to perceive the why 
which can always describe reality.