Ignore Agony Of Rain

Ignore Agony Of Rain
© Surazeus
2023 10 15

I cannot ignore agony of rain 
that falls on heads of refugees from war 
who pray to empty sky for help in vain 
when nothing is left in the grocery store 
except the hungry skeleton of faith 
who dances at command of the star wraith. 

I refuse to go into that good night 
with arrogant pride my heart is immune, 
but Death emerges from the blinding light 
so I dance with joy to her frantic tune 
till I become mute memory of my ghost 
who wanders wistfully on windy coast. 

Still running in a maze of bombed-out towers, 
I tell old lady sipping cup of tea 
that I help Persephone gathering flowers, 
but the White Bull of world democracy 
who bears me safe to island of the herald 
explains complex politics of the world. 

If I pretend to fly with angel wings, 
my father might approve of my weird choice 
to beam my soul in horcrux of gold rings 
so I give victims of genocide voice 
when I help innocent families escape 
brutal attack captured on video tape. 

Open-air prison of the nameless state 
where millions of people survive despair 
entangles my mind with fake code of fate 
so I breathe deep when I attempt to dare 
oppose oppression of the tyrant king 
who tries to control the free-flowing spring. 

The deal Achilles made with Raven Witch 
for early childless death and timeless fame 
warns me that I should be happy, not rich, 
when I accept the passion-fostered name 
my child will choose to emulate their soul 
which they confirm through psychic self-control. 

We run together from the whistling bomb 
hurled by fierce angel on high hill of skulls 
to worship faceless god in ruined tomb 
whose key assigns her followers state roles 
we play in world war that reframes our world 
with new paradigm of the cosmic herald. 

I try to ignore agony of rain 
but I must play Jupiter, temple host 
who welcomes refugees from the war bane, 
yet they find no one but the faceless ghost 
who gives me ring of power with mocking sneer 
as soon as grim angels of death appear.