Fished From The Wishing Well

Fished From The Wishing Well
© Surazeus
2024 05 21

If truth could be fished from the wishing well 
before bombs of empire destroy our homes 
and shatter world view of democracy, 
I would dispel fog of poisonous lies 
to cast the greedy devil back to hell 
so we can prosper with stories we tell. 

If love could be fished from the wishing well, 
though we wander in ruins of lost dreams 
searching for tattered photos of our lives, 
I would shelter our hearts from bitter hate 
to recalculate our journey through fate 
so we can rebuild in the Promised Land. 

If faith could be fished from the wishing well, 
lost in the endless maze of social myths 
despite attention of the careless moon, 
I would drill down in deep caverns of doubt 
to release secret code of fertile thought 
so we can restore Eden with our tears. 

If hope could be fished from the wishing well, 
triggered by passion of exploding brains 
far beyond pearly gates of tyranny, 
I would design puzzle of numb despair 
to translate language of ethereal air 
so we can breathe spirit of dreaming stars. 

If peace could be fished from the wishing well, 
trapped by legal code of the burning bush 
high on smoking mountain of the blind ghost, 
I would prophesy process of world war 
to meditate on ziggurat of skulls 
so we can restore rude religious rites. 

If health could be fished from the wishing well 
for souls endowed with inalienable rights, 
enforced by our Goddess of Liberty, 
I would invent cure for every disease 
to resurrect souls in children we bear 
so we can live in memories they share. 

If trust could be fished from the wishing well, 
revealed through visions of apocalypse, 
complete with angels on wings of desire, 
I would expose his venal treachery 
to smash his pride with Stone of Sisyphus 
so we can unite all nations of Earth. 

If death could be fished from the wishing well 
in spirals from first flash of the big bang 
through stars that generate planets with souls, 
I would evolve as god from sea of life 
to create paradise with crafting hands 
so we can tend fruit in the Tree of Truth.