Explicate The Why

Explicate The Why
© Surazeus
2025 07 31

What is this weird dream I experience here 
except the otherworld of fantasy 
where faceless people I can barely see 
wander lost in shadows of wordless fear? 
Orpheus cries out to the empty sky, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Garsenda strums the lyre of Mercury 
and sings with aching voice of helpless love 
for ideal warrior who gleams high above 
our crowded world of brutal tragedy. 
Orpheus teaches troubadours to play, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Rigaudus opens garden gate of faith 
and searches maze where scarlet roses bloom 
for Best of Ladies singing by the tomb 
where she transforms into the sun-bright wraith. 
Orpheus maps the true romantic way, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Gaufridus sails to shores of Tripoli 
to find Hodierna, his true far-off love, 
who cradles him as he dies in the cove, 
tears splashing his pale face with agony. 
Orpheus treasures wisdom of the spy, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Walterus, Nightingale of Vogelweide, 
sings by the hearth where Venus reigns alone 
with voice so sweet he wakes from divine stone 
uncanny beauty women cannot hide. 
Orpheus dreams Earth spinning in his eye, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Marcabrun stares into the bubbling pool 
to see face of Earth Goddess in the sun 
that shines behind his own face he would shun 
to lament how his lust makes him the fool. 
Orpheus leaves church where he cannot pray, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Christianus Troyus, exercising free will, 
writes lines of verse with moon-black raven quill 
detailing romance quest of Perceval 
to find his bride who bears the Holy Grail. 
Orpheus drives new car on the highway, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why. 

Now I wear mask of Phoebus since my birth 
to sing about great heroes of our age, 
though none have yet appeared on global stage 
to manage United Nations of Earth. 
Orpheus gives me wings of truth to fly, 
asking Ungod to explicate the why.