Jonah And The Whale

Jonah And The Whale
© Surazeus
2024 06 22

Sorrow is not easy to give away 
so I will buy bright water of the sun 
since nothing happens even though I pray 
to solve problems with laughter, not the gun, 
yet innocent children of the gray land 
shout at the robot with the bloody hand. 

She says it would be better to deceive 
than be deceived in the fierce game of life, 
for every day we have someone to grieve 
as we savor pleasure that grows from strife, 
despite how old the mountain seems to be 
that knows nothing but rhythm of the sea. 

Despair is free at every corner store 
where oldest woman in the world sells love 
to those who steal apples from tree of lore 
to bake pies on the hotel kitchen stove, 
since travelers seeking the Holy Grail 
pose for photos with Jonah and the Whale. 

Wisdom hidden in stories of the book 
cannot enlighten people blind with pride 
so I choose career as restaurant cook 
to prepare meals for the princess who cried 
when her horse escaped the rodeo pen 
to find favorite tree of the gold-winged wren. 

Friendship can be found in the photograph 
that dances nowhere in the summer wind 
with absolute assurance of her laugh 
long treasured by her best forever friend 
who stands alone on bridge of aching hearts, 
weeping still for the hour her train departs. 

No chimes of freedom ring across the land 
where ships collide with swirling clouds of hate 
in war that never affects Wonderland, 
so everyone decides to challenge Fate 
who laughs at frantic naivete 
when messiah sleuth maps the Golden Way. 

Through stoic passion for democracy 
nurtured by United Nations of Earth, 
I will fight for Justice and Liberty 
against tyranny where nothing has worth, 
willing to die to set my people free 
from harsh oppression of cruel monarchy. 

Justice equal for every conscious soul 
inspires my heart with patriotic faith 
to perform my Heaven-commissioned role 
with courage expressed by the cosmic wraith, 
for even the strongest tyrant will fall 
as nothing more than shadow on the wall.