Tomb Of The Unknown Soul

Tomb Of The Unknown Soul
© Surazeus
2023 10 13

Through every age of bloody human history, 
in every land around our spinning globe, 
greedy kings build armies from sons of farmers, 
then attack threats to their hegemony 
in hungry tribes that fight their tyranny, 
using genocide to destroy their state. 

On this Friday the Thirteenth of October 
I stand before Tomb of the Unknown Soul 
to memorialize victims of genocide, 
innocent civilians in every land 
killed by invading armies of proud kings, 
whose blood cries out from Earth to empty Sky. 

To protect their wives and children from harm 
men carve holy mountains in blocks of stone 
to build paradise of surrounding walls 
enclosing Heaven in haven of hope 
where God stands guard over garden of fruit, 
presiding over police state of laws. 

Ten thousand heavens built with bleeding hands 
fall when besieged by pirates crowned as kings 
whose angry followers slaughter the people 
so refugees of war wander bleak waste land 
in endless quest to find the Promised Land 
till they invade and kill its local tribes. 

When noble temple knights defending Heaven 
are slaughtered by fair king hungry for power 
they form secret society in caves 
to operate honest fight for Liberty 
till they overthrow every monarchy 
and organize one world democracy. 

On hill of skulls, where the humble tribe leader 
died to protect his people from oppression 
against the haughty king on throne of gold, 
I stand to defend with song of my heart 
innocent families with mothers and children 
against angry gangs with weapons of death. 

Before broken Tomb of the Unknown Soul, 
bombed by tyrant on high throne of gold, 
I pray for salvation to empty sky 
while empires expand control over land 
where women and children survive each day 
vowing to fight the men who killed their fathers. 

No world messiah descends from Glow Cloud 
though the Cosmic Herald with Burning Book 
wanders vast maze of Pandemonium, 
city of towers that spans the entire world, 
yet Athena, bearing the Sword of Justice, 
searches for lost child of the lonely wolf.