Who Cry For Liberty

Who Cry For Liberty
© Surazeus
2024 09 17

Nausea wrecks my heart with reverent awe 
for brutal warriors of old epic tales 
who slaughter countless men to clear the field 
for honest kings to build empires of peace 
where ministers harvest wealth from meek slaves 
who cry for liberty with broken hands. 

Riding elevator to Tartarus 
where Achilles and Tantalus play chess, 
I break leash that binds Cerberus to Hope, 
then run through labyrinth of forgotten gods 
to find Ophelia by Fountain of Youth 
where white butterflies flutter from her mouth. 

Finding King David asleep on his throne, 
after he flew airplane from Samarkand, 
I steal his golden harp with magic strings, 
then climb Mount Horeb in the pouring rain 
where Gabriel cries into kylix of beer 
because Aphrodite ran off with Thor. 

Strumming magic strings with crackerjack hands, 
I chant efficient riddles in weird verse 
depicting grand deeds of paranoid kings 
who send ships sailing on the seven seas 
to find and bring back elixir of life 
brewed as liquor from Orinoco Flow. 

Ennui torques my heart in genetic strands 
that weave my conscious mind in harmony 
with howling demons in museum halls 
who race motorcycles through Gotham streets 
to find grand temple of the Buddha Toad 
chanting on mushroom for ten million years. 

Staring at burned-out bush on Mount Horeb 
where Jehovah once glowed with divine light, 
I ponder strange mystery of politics, 
how blind Fortune always favors the bold, 
and why Fame chooses World Stars randomly 
though Death destroys all bodies in the end. 

Though zombies still worship their vampire king 
in glass cathedral of the singing skull, 
I find Narcissus lounging by the pool 
to discuss nature of psychology, 
while Echo argues vociferously 
for unique character of human souls. 

Though I fall into Hell as Lucifer 
I rise reborn as Christ on Phoenix wings, 
but wake as Adam in this mortal shell 
who dares to leave safe walls of paradise, 
and walk among the lost souls of the world 
who cry for liberty with broken hearts.