Visions Of The Future

Visions Of The Future
© Surazeus
2024 10 20

The long-haired, bearded man with silver eyes, 
huddled in stone shack on the sea cove shore, 
scratches runes on scented tablet of oak 
with sharp dagger he forged from meteor stone 
to record deeds in story of his youth 
when he fought the Devil to save the world. 

White three-eyed raven from the hill of skulls 
flaps wings as she lands on stone by his side, 
so he grins and accepts gift from her beak, 
small purple mushroom with liberty cap, 
then dips it in bowl of honey and spice, 
and chews it as he gazes at the sky. 

Strange visions flash across his sea-gray eyes 
about the young wizard in long black robe 
who watches the boiling pot with surprise 
when hot air expands and knocks the lid off, 
so he invents piston engine that spins 
axel causing wheels of wagons to roll. 

Saturnus drops dagger when he envisions 
Daedalus building engine-powered cars 
as time machines that race swiftly in space, 
then adds metal wings, broad as those swans use, 
so Icarus soars high among the clouds 
to glide above the world with divine breath. 

Clutching is heart, Saturnus gasps in shock 
when he sees Prometheus capture spark 
of quick atomic light when he designs 
enormous spear with power of the sun 
that destroys huge cities with blasting flame, 
potent enough to fracture Earth in shards. 

Eyes gleaming with awe, Saturnus perceives 
young wizard building giant rocket ships 
in which Apollo flies through airless void 
to walk on dusty surface of the moon 
where ghost of Selene offers him wine, 
so he wakes from vision as his wife frowns. 

Quickly carving runes on tablets of oak, 
Saturnus describes visions of the future 
when star-eyed wizard invents piston engine 
that mankind uses to race fast through time 
and leap from the Earth to fly among stars, 
then lies exhausted and sinks into gloom. 

Shivering as snowflakes swirl around his shack, 
young Cronus finds old cracked tablets of oak 
covered with strange scratches of jagged lines, 
so he tosses each one on the crackling fire 
to keep warm and roast thick venison steaks 
while he makes arrows and tightens his bow.