Let Us Live Together

Let Us Live Together
© Surazeus
2023 08 19

No more in wandering on the spinning Earth 
can I return to lush Ausonian shore 
where swift Diana runs in misty woods 
with spear of Aeneas to hunt the boar 
which Janus roasts on altar of hot flames 
in shining temple of Mercurius. 

With Asmodeus I climb rugged hills 
to find the secret cave of bubbling wells 
in foothills of snow-capped Mount Damavand 
where Anahita taught me how to sing 
yet stands now frozen as idol of stone 
smiling ten thousand years with light of stars. 

I would return to shining marble halls 
on Mount Olympus where my father reigns 
with Scepter of Wisdom to control chaos 
of human desire with organized games 
that manage psychic energy of hope 
with heart-enchanting illusions of faith. 

Since paradise of blossoming fruit trees 
is always surrounded by high stone walls, 
I would play slave, or cook, or groom, or guard, 
or God ruling with gold scepter of death, 
who assigns roles to each obedient soul 
or casts out demons of disharmony. 

Shifting gears and turning wheel of my fate, 
I drive time-machine chariot of Ezekiel 
in endless quest for weird truth to explore 
maze of streets in vast city of the world 
with global map Sabazius designed 
that guides my journey to the Promised Land. 

Achilles plays tragedy of his fate 
against destruction of the market city, 
Odysseus plays comedy of his fate 
in city he guards on his secret isle, 
and Aeneas plays romance of his fate 
in city he builds with the skulls of kings. 

Since Mother Nature, who creates our souls 
from slime sparked alive with light of the stars, 
blooms indifferent to our fragile lives, 
she sweeps the cluttered Earth with hurricanes 
and wild floods to wash her fertile hills clean, 
then beams with joy when we survivors thrive. 

Though floods destroy vast cities humans built 
and tyrants fight to control teeming tribes, 
still we marry and raise children with love 
for frail humans are transient flames of hope 
that flicker in eternal storm of life, 
so let us live together till we die.