Duty As Cosmic Herald

Duty As Cosmic Herald
© Surazeus
2023 01 01

The chemical flow of life spirals on 
day by day to compose eternities 
that shimmer weird when I wake each new dawn 
to measure our progress through centuries 
that narrate our evolution from atoms 
with mythological dramas in axioms. 

For silver mist of midwinter spotlights 
unspoken sorrow of the faceless souls 
who live all around me in mute streetlights 
programmed by hunger to perform their roles 
designed by unspoken concept of fate 
exercised behind the heavenly gate. 

Rain-wet leaves pungent from orange ruefulness 
squish under my shoes with arrogant hope 
that trees will sprout again with fruitfulness 
through another season we try to cope 
while stumbling on the road of life at random 
till we are too old to act based on wisdom. 

As long as I keep waking from weird dream 
I rise from grave of nothingness to walk 
among apple trees blooming by gold stream 
to sit alone on the Salvador Rock 
and gaze with wonder at our shining world 
to evade my duty as cosmic herald. 

The invisible dome of our world view, 
constructed from stories everyone knows, 
crumbles around us in time to renew 
global energy through religious shows 
where priests hypnotize our minds with sweet lies 
till social rebellion of mental spies. 

The Weeping Jester with ten thousand mouths 
breaks open locked doors of doctrinal truth 
to expose all sacred beliefs as myths 
through revelation of messiah sleuth 
who leads us stumbling up three steps to Heaven 
at eerie riddles of the Laughing Raven. 

Six emperors of global superstates 
play board game of Surrounding the House 
in political bid to control the Fates 
and generate children with loyal spouse 
because Blind Princess in the Ivory Tower 
rejects exercise of absolute power. 

Awakened by lightning strike in my brain 
that resurrects my spirit from despair, 
I wander vast cities of Earth in rain 
with Lamp of Hope that glimmers faint with care 
because I will not try and save the world 
to embrace my duty as cosmic herald.