Forth Into The Future

Forth Into The Future
© Surazeus
2024 06 09

While driving along winding mountain road 
at midnight, headlights flashing pines bright gold, 
Kate brakes when white coffin for a small child 
appears in middle of her way, then steps 
from left-open door with cautious concern, 
alert to danger from shadows of fear. 

Memories of her new-born daughter, who died 
from heart disease before three months had passed, 
lying pale and lifeless in coffin bed 
as she was lowered in the flowered grave, 
flash across her eyes as she slowly leans 
down to touch coffin glowing in car beams. 

Trembling as she slowly opens its lid, 
painted with pastoral scene of young maid 
dancing as her shepherd lover plays flute 
under tall willow by clear sparkling stream, 
Kate pauses at expectation that strikes 
her heart with bitter hope to see her child. 

Beneath the lid she lifts with eager hand 
Kate sees bright red apple on white silk cloth, 
like the one Eve accepted from the Serpent, 
but, as one tear drops from her silver eye, 
that treacly fruit of temptation transforms 
into galaxy of atom-quick suns. 

Stepping backward, startled by sparkling hum 
of spinning disk, Kate gasps when it evolves 
into blue-eyed bushy-tailed fox that leaps 
with spritely zeal of exuberant joy 
three times around her on the mountain road, 
then stops and gazes deep into her soul. 

Deep in its vast cathedral abyss eyes, 
beyond bottomless potential for love, 
Kate dreams creation of the universe 
when the first flash of the big bang flares forth 
into neural network of galaxies 
with stars that nurture planets blooming life. 

After feeling her spirit expand huge 
as entire universe of the White Whole, 
that radiates from black hole of the God-Eye, 
Kate snaps awake inside her body shell, 
small flame of light that glows brief conscious hour 
through boundless shimmer of eternity. 

Amid intense glitter of icy fear, 
Kate feels warm flame of love flash into wings 
when spritely fox transforms into young girl 
with blue eyes and bouncing curls of red hair 
who smiles with joy, then whispers her true name 
as she turns and runs forth into the future.