House Her Sorrows Built

House Her Sorrows Built
© Surazeus
2025 01 15

If she wants to sing to the humble star 
Beth must reopen the cozy-house door 
so many times her spirit will escape 
to hang from Cliffs of Despair by thin rope 
because she has no wings to fly away 
from the house where she decides not to pray. 

Though she steps out the door ten thousand times 
Beth always finds herself inside its rooms, 
talking to books which smile with awkward faith 
that if she can transform into the moth 
she could escape the house her sorrows built 
without assigning anyone the fault. 

Ten minutes till the end of time at home 
Beth analyzes secret of her name 
but never finds psychic code that unlocks 
doors which realign her mission with tricks 
curtailing progress on the signless road 
till she comes to believe she might be mad. 

Pictures of strangers on her bedroom wall 
encourage Beth that she will never fail 
if she reverses how she talks to books 
which highlights excessive passion of cracks 
appearing each day in salvation stone 
that guides her journey to the broken train. 

Amused by laughter of the shadow clown 
who lists good reasons why she is insane, 
Beth paints her feelings on the bitter wall 
to dispel curse of Castle Winterfell 
where she fantasizes she reigns as queen, 
commissioned to disburse the divine boon. 

Woke with transcendental faith in the Right 
through equal opportunity to vote, 
Beth knocks on doors of homes where housewives cry 
to sell wings so they can pretend to fly, 
but sits on park bench by the River Styx 
three thousand years to learn monarchic tricks. 

Elected Senator for Zarthon State, 
Beth flies to Washington on the glass plane, 
and takes her seat in chamber of pale ghosts 
to compose bills designed by socialists 
till her opponent shoots her in the wing 
protected by shield of her magic ring. 

Navigating choices that guide her fate, 
Beth decides with bold courage to campaign 
for President to rule Zarathia, 
funded through gambling of the mafia, 
but loses election to Jupiter 
so she goes home to marry Lucifer.