Captain Of The Boat

Captain Of The Boat
© Surazeus
2024 11 05

While I wander in grand museum halls 
I see my face in paintings on glass walls, 
noble kings on horses with bloody swords, 
ladies in lace gowns beside solemn lords, 
and river nymphs in shadows of fruit trees 
who gather jars of honey from sad bees. 

While I drive my swift convertible car 
on mountain highway to the shining star 
I reach my hand up high to touch the moon 
who meets me in secret wave-washed lagoon 
where statue of Apollo on the rock 
holds gold lyre that serves as perch for the hawk. 

While I lounge on white sand of lonely faith 
I translate ancient riddle of the wraith 
to clever story no one understands 
about the girl with eyes in both her hands 
who looks for wisdom in dank cave of Hell 
which she paints by city fountain to sell. 

While I consider why the sky is blue 
as psychic mirror that reflects my soul 
my lover reads my secret book of poems 
about mermaids mesmerized by hair combs, 
then gazes at me by fire-crackling hearth 
to watch my brain project the virtual Earth. 

While I calculate my new state of mind 
I solve puzzle of truth my heart designed 
which helps me navigate world maze of myths 
with conceptual tropes designed by dreamsmiths 
so I can find strange garden of the fool 
who will invent the first carpenter tool. 

While I construct our new world view from facts 
which provide context for official acts 
I place Parnassus Mountain at the core, 
how angels evolve from the dinosaur, 
so we can live together in world peace 
voting for king who guards the Golden Fleece. 

While I construe special meaning of life 
from how we overcome spiritual strife 
I compose scriptures from puzzles of truth 
based on character of messiah sleuth 
whose coming is foretold by cosmic herald 
whom we elect to recreate the world. 

While I wait in line at the church to vote 
for who will reign as captain of the boat 
I strum the lyre of Mercury and sing 
about protective cover of the wing 
our national Seraph extends to guard 
steady progress of our social vanguard.