Lost Princess Crown

Lost Princess Crown
© Surazeus
2025 01 13

Blessed by sweet laughter of the stinging bee, 
Cherry chooses to believe time is real, 
yet when she listens to the mourning sea 
she envisions code of the spinning wheel 
her children write to program how the brain 
perceives electric sorrow of the rain. 

Startled by sudden appearance of Fate, 
who resembles young man in suit and tie, 
Cherry tries to sanitize bitter hate 
her mother tattooed on her wounded thigh, 
till the priest decides her soul is possessed 
because she likes to party with mad zest. 

Diagnosed with cancer in her glass heart, 
which throbs like bruised mango of arrogance, 
Cherry studies nodes on her mental chart 
while browsing book stores with calm nonchalance, 
then declares the ocean of hope is hers, 
proud to remain princess of amateurs. 

Treading water in flood of fake success, 
glorified by power of the male gaze, 
Cherry asks the priest if he will confess 
to sin of blocking her transcendent phase, 
but he turns into the frog of dissent 
when he tries to kiss her without consent. 

Through animal stillness of cautious sight, 
tense with anticipation of attack, 
Cherry magnifies rainbow of delight 
that keeps her dire mission on the right track, 
then she confesses to Orpheus her love 
when she finds him weeping in the dream cave. 

Gathering oranges she finds on the shore, 
where frogs discuss philosophy of art, 
Cherry tells Jesus she loves him no more, 
then travels with Orpheus in his cart 
with baskets of oranges she eats each night, 
though her soul feels frail as the paper kite. 

Inventing religion of solemn prayers 
based on the volcano that bleeds dead gods, 
Cherry invents the strange concept of stairs 
through alchemy of love in psychic pods, 
then walks among ruins of the fire-burned town, 
searching in vain for her lost princess crown. 

Though piano keys are way out of tune, 
disharmonied by luckless hoofs of saints, 
Cherry sees her face mirrored by the moon 
when she falls in love with the prince who paints 
cars that morph into women with sleek souls, 
just in time to reassess her life goals.