One Who Makes Us Free

One Who Makes Us Free
© Surazeus
2024 06 10

Back to land of Remora I would go 
by slipping through door of the multiverse 
to live in timeline of our spinning globe 
where Remus, not Romulus, wins the race 
to determine who rules the Seven Hills 
where aged Ilia mourns in Pythian cage. 

In campaign to make America great 
wisdom is outwitted by greed for wealth, 
the one who speaks truth to power is spurned 
while the brute bully of rage is adored, 
and equal justice of objective law 
is wounded when the rich exploit the poor. 

When brothers from bloodline of Charlemagne 
compete to wear bright Crown of Liberty, 
the honest christ willing to sacrifice 
his life to make life good for every person 
is too often defeated by the traitor 
determined to found empire on his power. 

The noble institute of the good state 
that functions to benefit all the people 
requires no tyrant wearing mask of pride 
to maintain operations of fiscal growth, 
for the empire built on idol of power 
collapses in chaos of warring gangs. 

After Amulius kills Numitor 
to crown himself king of Albania, 
he forces his niece, Rhea Sylvia, 
to tend the sacred flame as vestal virgin 
to ensure she bears no threats to his power, 
but she escapes cold temple of his greed. 

Changing her name to Ilia, for Ilium, 
she seeks Venus in sacred grove of Mars, 
and asks for sanctuary from his power, 
so Goddess of Love leads her to safe cave 
where Alban princess, and her wolf-eyed son, 
raise twins sons who build Empire of Rome. 

As heir to ancient republic of Rome, 
that functions through votes of democracy, 
America hosts election campaign 
every four years for christ and anti-christ 
to balance forces of darkness and light 
that maintains cycle of perpetual growth. 

Conserving values of strong families, 
we progress with currents of social change 
to ensure equal rights for every person 
who works in teams to create, not destroy, 
so we vote for the one who makes us free 
against the one who would exploit our fears.