Non-Player Character

Non-Player Character
© Surazeus
2024 10 24

If I am some non-player character, 
wandering around with my poetry quill 
in volatile video game of my life, 
I wonder how deep in the Underworld 
I must go to find jeweled Wand of Faith 
so I can defeat Dragon of Despair. 

Designing new avatar for my soul, 
I fix muscled torso of Sisyphus 
with cloud-aviating wings of Icarus, 
hawk-sharp eyes of clever Mercurius, 
melody-composing skill of Apollo, 
and soul-enchanting voice of Orpheus. 

As non-player character in dream game, 
controlled by Zeus on his throne in Olympus, 
I dig down deep in Cavern of Illusions 
to find Eternal Flame of Consciousness, 
first sparked bright by Prime Mover of the Mind 
that flares forth from First Flash of the big bang. 

Since every object of material substance, 
formed by electric currents of desire, 
is made of atoms swerving in the void 
as structure of chemicals that connect 
through electron rings of the nucleus, 
I name each Idea my brain perceives. 

Since I am a non-player character 
out on periphery of global events, 
stuck in crazy video game of the world, 
I record grand adventure of the Jester 
who contests for power against the Banker 
in never-ending politics of truth. 

Prancing on street corner outside the Bank 
where robots rule financial apparatus 
that funds global food-production machine, 
the Jester sings mock-epic tale of greed 
which drives the rise and fall of world empires 
in battle between Christ and Anti-Christ. 

When Dragon of Despair on vampire wings 
rises up from murky Slough of Despond 
I animate my body with Star Soul 
as non-player characer in world game, 
and wield Wand of Faith with spell of insight 
to dispel dire curse with epiphany. 

Though I am some non-player character, 
swirled around by tides of forunate fate, 
in turbulent video game of my life, 
I create my own adventurous quest 
to map its ever-changing maze of myths 
where statues of dead gods give me advice.