Lost In Starless Void

Lost In Starless Void
© Surazeus
2024 04 21

Sweet sorrow of our ever-spinning world, 
we share in tales we sing around bright fire 
when cold wind howls across the rugged plain, 
sparks joy of faith inside our lonely hearts 
so we look forward to rise of the sun 
that will dispel blind ghosts who haunt our way. 

Regretful passion of cold falling rain 
dissolves despair that paralyzed my heart, 
so at fierce blasting of wind in my face 
I wake from agony of searing pain 
to laugh with bright joy at the darkest hour 
when all I love seems lost in starless void. 

Excessive hope for beauty of rebirth, 
when I attempt to alter code of fate, 
obstructs my way to enter paradise, 
though I spread arms like eagle wings of will 
and leap across abyss of hungry fear 
so high I fall beyond reality. 

Aggressive strum of lyre strings in my mind 
allows wise serpent of rage to escape 
egg of solitude in sea of despair 
so I stand shaking with fear on the stone 
that gleams white as the dawn sun in my eyes 
when I shout curses at wild ocean waves. 

Benumbing tune of fractured mirror bursts 
naked with ambition from time-bruised hearts 
to drive young humble farmers mad with hope 
that with each democratic vote for truth 
they may taste pure fruit of eternity 
before they cry at dying of the light. 

Glorious dismay at laughter in glass hall 
confounds my journey to the Promised Land 
when I stop by high waterfall of blood 
to ask the crippled eagle why she cries, 
but she recites weird riddle of the horse 
that misdirects my attention with love. 

Resplendent ennui unlocks faceless doors 
each hour I marvel at the fabulous show 
angels and demons unite to present 
in theater where Death always triumphs 
because she has no room to call her own 
and he has way too many empty rooms. 

Fair emptiness of words our brains express 
contains all thoughts that every conscious soul 
who ever lives in the whole universe 
ponders while they gaze at gleaming sky 
and wonder at fantastic mystery 
we write about with proverbs in the book.