Woman With No Door

Woman With No Door
© Surazeus
2024 04 24

While Ruth strolls slowly in gold field of wheat, 
caressing wispy stalks of hopeful light, 
Tiresias films her progress toward her goal 
to generate life from the timeless soul 
who gleams in coils of genes inside her mind 
based on prototype first mother designed. 

Three men in black robes with fear-sharpened blades 
follow young woman where she blithely glides 
with intent to control her sacred womb 
that generates bodies for the hungry tomb, 
but pause to watch her sing with cheerful birds 
transforming sorrow into charming words. 

White raven in tall oak on river shore 
calls to the lonely woman with no door 
who hears strange secret in his riddled code 
that reveals method of the signless road 
which she could follow to escape despair, 
but she decides she must not really care. 

More beautiful now than Helen of Troy, 
from casual regard for the clever ploy, 
Ruth stands with sad grace on heavenly walls 
overlooking empire of empty halls 
where mirrors reflect faces of the dead 
who return from Heaven with wings of lead. 

Though Ruth decides her strength resides in faith 
derived from prophecies of the blind wraith, 
who writhes like smoke from pages of old books, 
she manages daily routine of cooks 
preparing feasts in temple of the god 
who directs missions of his justice squad. 

Too young to know why men employ brute force 
to misdirect intention of the course, 
Ruth turns back from cliff edge of the abyss 
in vain search to find out why humans miss 
essential clues to how we choose to live 
in restless religion of take and give. 

When she abandons life on the wheat farm 
to dwell in city of rebellious charm, 
Ruth dances with hippies in river park 
where she falls in love with the long-haired lark 
who plays guitar before the National Guard 
though Fate deals to him the Hanging Man card. 

With child born from their sweet romantic tryst 
same hour as the Apollo rocket blast, 
Ruth wanders lost on Desolation Row 
to find out where all the mad jesters go, 
then finds job in the factory sewing clothes 
where she silently composes dream odes.