Captain My Starship

Captain My Starship
© Surazeus
2024 12 05

I want to captain my starship in space, 
exploring planets around countless suns, 
because life on Planet Earth is messed up, 
and nothing like the liberal fantasy 
displayed in sci-fi television shows 
where humans strive for universal peace. 

The science on those shows is nothing more 
than magic machines of human hope 
that defy physical laws of nature, 
so they present helpless muggles in space 
who struggle against mad Olympian gods 
that mess with human beings in games of power. 

Their Federation of Planets presents 
empires of Rome, Britain, and America 
as noble states of upright warriors 
dedicated to international peace 
where clones of Jesus are good errant knights 
enforcing police state of Avalon. 

How noble this sentiment seems to me 
as angel warrior of the castle king 
devoted to ideal of equal rights 
with stalwart resolution of bold faith 
through principle of Liberty for all, 
fulfilling missions to maintain the state. 

Pledging allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, 
that noble flag of federal unity, 
and constitution for the rights of man 
for which it stands as sign of cosmic justice, 
I swear wholehearted faith as Son of Odin 
to vibrant process of democracy. 

As captain of my ship on sea of fear, 
exploring various cultures of the Earth, 
I represent through wise integrity 
our strong republic for the common good 
in clear-eyed policeman who fights oppressors 
to protect civilians from greedy tyrants. 

When lawbreakers, who steal from working men, 
betray principles of democracy 
by forcing their rights above national laws, 
grasp the steering helm for our Ship of State, 
claiming divine right to rule us based on sly tricks, 
we must unite to fight their tyranny. 

Yet when the tyrant steers our Ship of State 
wrecked on titanic iceberg of his greed, 
we will sacrifice scapegoat of his hate, 
then rebuild vessel of ambitious hope 
to sail again among the stars of truth 
as we expand empire of consciousness.