Wish Clock Of Nevermore

Wish Clock Of Nevermore
© Surazeus
2025 08 24

Through clever realignment of the mind, 
adjusted by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I redefine strange beauty of the world 
with psychic formulas of selfless love 
that get erased from hungry brains of hope 
by shattered silence of indifferent moons. 

With frantic swirling of calm ocean waves, 
reprogrammed by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I climb steep mountain slope of loyal faith 
by gripping roots from ancient trees of truth 
till I achieve the highest point of fame 
from which I fall on wingless flight of fate. 

Despite reluctant passion art requires, 
telecast by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I illustrate strange progress of my life, 
farmer to jester to wizard to king 
crucified on telephone pole of power 
till I freeze into statue of Apollo. 

Eager to explore our vast galaxy, 
mismeasured by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I see long string of forty satellites 
glitter white as pearls from eyes of gods 
as they float slow above the mountain ridge 
before they merge in matrix of the stars. 

Aware that winners invent history, 
rewritten by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I build conceptual walls of paradise 
from painful memories of the war-displaced 
who linger at locked gateway to success 
and whisper names of dead people they love. 

Unsure if I am still alive or not, 
forgotten by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I bend my head, heavy with noble horns, 
to drink from sparkling pond of earnest faith 
where phantom of my soul smiles back at me, 
so I prance haughtily in misty woods. 

Reluctant to participate in games, 
assisted by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I map each water tower and lighthouse 
which link every small town across the land 
in social network that makes strangers friends 
so we together lament death of God. 

Inspired by graceful woman I adore, 
unfathomed by wish clock of Nevermore, 
I photograph her standing in the hall, 
in many-roomed mansion where no one lives, 
gazing at portrait of Truth on the wall 
then we eat supper with laughter and love.