Paper Gods Of Faith

Paper Gods Of Faith
© Surazeus
2025 06 17

Strange silence between each word I never speak 
that surges from vast underworld of fear 
translates screech of the owl in lunar code 
to snarky riddles car mechanics share 
while they barbecue hamburgers with sauce 
on moonlit beach for paper gods of faith. 

Weird prophecies sealed in the Vatican 
describe lake valley where glass horses play 
hide and seek with heroic ghosts of fate 
that pass through spirals of unmeasured air 
with rainbow wings only children can see 
who crayon-color paper gods of faith. 

Athena plays the quantum flute of time 
so flashing particles of mindless light 
flow quick together in synchronous waves 
which bloom as apples on the Giving Tree, 
deceiving me to think I that I could live 
in Heaven made by paper gods of faith. 

When my soul swells huge as the sparkling lake, 
where First Mother rose from liquid of hope, 
I float blissfully aware of cruel greed 
above vast maze of towers I dream real 
so I can empty my star-hungry heart 
long supported by paper gods of faith. 

Intense emotion of buzzing phonelines 
persists in contradiction I explore 
between patient endurance of suffering 
and frantic assertion of dominance, 
wound tight with emptiness of honest words 
outlined too well by paper gods of faith. 

To play the quantum flute of chaos theory, 
forever on globe of atomic words 
when my reign begins the apocalypse, 
I wear mask of my personality 
captured by the photograph years before 
that outlines play for paper gods of faith. 

Entranced by wonder of this modern world, 
vast city mazes of cathedral halls 
where wizard of words deprograms the state 
by singing childish folk songs long forgot, 
I provision journey to Nowhere Land 
where I hide cash in paper gods of faith. 

Each time I realize with ironic faith 
that gods suck energy from human souls, 
I call you home across the distant plain 
so we can share intimate hours of love 
since devils and angels misunderstand jokes 
stretched frail with love for paper gods of faith.