Memorial Song Of You

Memorial Song Of You
© Surazeus
2024 05 27

Stuck within core of the merry-go-round, 
as giant eye dreaming inside black hole 
at center of our spinning galaxy, 
I dream-play entire process of your life 
as conscious entity who names itself 
immortal I that thinks it must be God. 

You are young stewardess on the airplane, 
flying from Doha to Dublin in clouds, 
who is thrown in the air and hits her head 
when Jupiter grabs its thin fuselage 
and shakes it with violent turbulence 
like the diner peppering his steak with spice. 

You are the housewife in the trailer home, 
cooking soup for your daughter and her son, 
who is thrown around inside metal box 
when Thunaraz hurls it across the road 
while riding tornado across three states 
till he falls asleep on the mountain peak. 

You are the little girl in tattered tent, 
playing games in a Gaza refugee camp, 
who is thrown across block of blasted homes 
when Jehovah hurls lightning bolt of bombs 
which shatters world view that your fathers built 
as castles of sand in the Holy Land. 

You are the nursing student at the college, 
jogging around the lake where Grendel sleeps, 
who is thrown to the ground by grasping hands 
when Tereus chases you in silent woods, 
then cuts out your tongue to censor your voice 
that calls for justice to the empty sky. 

You are the woman in the gang-run town, 
running for mayor to defeat the Wolf, 
who is thrown from the stage of public speech 
when Xolotl shoots bullets in your heart 
because you campaign to lock him in jail, 
assassinated by devil of cocaine. 

You are the mother pregnant with third child, 
driving your children to escape abuse, 
who is thrown off the cliff into the sea 
when Perkunas rams truck into your car 
because you want to live free from his greed, 
so you become wild mermaid of my heart. 

Though I imagine the pain you must feel, 
I hope my sympathy does not replace 
your own real suffering in agony 
with imagined suffering of my love, 
instead I want to honor unjust death 
with memorial song that remembers you.