Write My Name On Water

Write My Name On Water
© Surazeus
2024 02 14

While attempting to write my name on water 
I fall out of the fishing boat of faith 
and almost drown in swirling sea of truth, 
so I cry out to angels in the sky 
but the demon girl is the only one 
who reaches out her hand to rescue me. 

Dragging my corpse from the slough of despond, 
the demon girl with eyes of flaming love 
stabs raven quill into my trembling heart 
so terror of death flows out of my brain 
that sparks my soul awake from nothingness 
to sing with inspiration of her glare. 

Guiding me along the bright ocean beach, 
that ever shifts my sense of security, 
the demon girl with mane of tangled hair 
takes me to cave of illusions where ghosts 
dance around me as shadows on the wall 
who mock me with wild laughter of the damned. 

Some fifty thousand years later I wake 
as me today in body of their dream 
for I descend from daughter of their love 
whose spirit dominates how I perceive 
this clunky planet spinning in the void 
as she animates every song I sing. 

So when I walk down to the ocean shore 
and stare at shimmer of light on dark waves 
I feel her ancient energy of hope 
motivate how I play my social role 
as witch who slays fierce dragon of the deep 
and sings sacred hymns in the feasting hall. 

When fierce thunderstorm from the angry sea 
hurls incoherent rage at fragile souls, 
I invite them to shelter in my hall 
where each one steps before the altar stone 
with fish or creature I roast over flames 
so they can share communal feast of faith. 

I stand before the crowd on empty stage, 
face lit silver by spotlight of the moon, 
and sing creation of the universe 
that spirals from first flash of the big bang 
to generate our bodies in the sea 
so we rise from lake of dreams in starlight. 

Longing to return to her temple hall, 
I kneel in sand on shore of the Black Sea 
and write my name on water of lost time 
so songs of my heart weave into its waves 
and flow with Tellurian currents of love 
when I return to body of the Earth.