Empire Of Crystal Towers

Empire Of Crystal Towers
© Surazeus
2025 05 14

Each ship that sails the wide ambitious sea, 
with purpose to illuminate the mind, 
leaves its hopeful ghost behind on the waves 
which bears unconscious spirit of the world 
to colonize vast wilderness of fear 
with wolves who build empire of crystal towers. 

If old Clockmaker dares rewind the past 
with broken clock of midnight in his heart, 
we may get lost in secret memories 
while driving wagon train of hungry wheels 
to find the Promised Land on every map 
where we can build empire of crystal towers. 

Each lemon I pluck from Reading Room tree, 
with sly attention to the subtle way 
canaries sing in gold mines of the heart, 
reveals vast galaxy of swirling stars 
when I peel rind of arrogant dismay 
which helps design empire of crystal towers. 

If Ziphion finds Library of Blind Ghosts, 
nestled in lush valley of singing skulls, 
he might remember what his father said 
while carving computer code on oak trunks 
deep in the maze of myths no fool can map 
which dislocates empire of crystal towers. 

Each bedroom door of heavenly retreat, 
that shimmers in House of the Rising Sun, 
conceals clandestine chorus of cute cupids 
who sing of sweet romantic love in spells 
that trick us into generating life 
to live safe in empire of crystal towers. 

If hermits in harsh desert of regret, 
who dwell on Mount Sinai with burning trees, 
describe aesthetic beauty of the heart 
that suffers deprivation of desire, 
we may find courage of the noble wolf 
to establish empire of crystal towers. 

Thus I will sail from Hellas to Japan 
with secret treasure of the Golden Fleece 
to find shy Goddess of the Mirror Cave 
who touches my forehead with her third hand 
to tattoo dreamless spell with quill of fire 
when I record empire of crystal towers. 

Yet far pavilions shining in dawn light 
invite me to return to paradise 
though I fled maze of political games 
six thousand years ago with fruit of truth 
that oozes ink I use to calculate 
how Death supports empire of crystal towers.