God Who Never Dies

God Who Never Dies
© Surazeus
2024 12 25

Right after my mother gives me her eyes 
she tells everyone she was always blind 
so I count the stars that fall from her hands 
and tend them as they grow into long vines 
with eyes that people buy so they can see 
the god who never dies inside our hearts. 

When my blind mother leads me in the woods 
she bids me sit on mushrooms with red toads 
while she carves new mask from trunk of the oak 
then gives it to me as my secret face 
with pair of green-blue eyes so I can see 
the god who never dies inside the trees. 

After we climb to the top of the world 
where nine Muses dance in tall ring of stones 
my mother reaches her hands to the sky 
and draws rain down into her flashing womb 
to create body which I use to see 
the god who never dies inside the clouds. 

Before gaping mouth of the shining cave 
my mother inserts her new pair of eyes 
then leads me down to underworld of fear 
to show me where to find large shining gems 
and how to carve emeralds in eyes to see 
the god who never dies inside the Earth. 

Knee-deep in canal of water we dig 
from gushing river to channel its flow 
so tears of heaven nourish stalks of wheat, 
we grind flour and bake pies with roasted pears 
green as my dreaming eyes I use to see 
the god who never dies inside the wheat. 

Beside the table near the glowing hearth, 
my mother sews new clothes for me to wear 
then bids me answer the phone when it rings 
to talk with people in far distant lands 
about why they want to visit and see 
the god who never dies inside the wires. 

Under the propped-up hood in pouring rain, 
I replace and fix broken engine parts, 
adjusting passion of pistons to spark 
exploding gas that causes wheels to turn 
so we drive sea-side mountain road to see 
the god who never dies inside the car. 

In line to vote in free democracy 
for man with vision to improve our lives 
as president who rules our nation-state, 
I wonder why societies require 
one man both strong and self-controlled to play 
the god who never dies inside the Sun.