Museum of Abandoned Gods

Museum of Abandoned Gods
© Surazeus
2025 10 17

Searching for lost souls in junk-littered lot 
beside abandoned radio factory, 
I find feathers from wings of fallen angels 
that vibrate with ambitions of the proud, 
so I weave them into wings for myself 
which helps me fly above world maze of myths. 

Gazing down below through wisps of cold clouds 
that billow from snow-jagged mountain range, 
I see idols of long-abandoned gods 
keeping watch with celestial jewel eyes 
over descendants of their dreamless brains 
who swarm in every city of the Earth. 

Asking each abandoned god of mankind 
secret code of their name written in stars 
and tale of how they gained their superpower, 
I written their stories in the Book of Gods, 
for every one was once some mortal human 
endowed with divine spirit of the world. 

Stocking library shelves in every town 
with volumes that record their noble deeds, 
I read to children in the afternoon 
so they know tragic comedies of fate 
performed by lost gods of the human race 
whose failures and successes guide our way. 

Constructing castle on high jagged rock 
that juts out into seething sea of faith, 
I host the ghosts of those forgotten gods 
at grand feast of divine apocalypse, 
then afterward we hear blind Homer sing 
epic tales of their lives for all to hear. 

Exploring mystery of our primal being, 
which emanates from our conceptual bodies, 
I wear mask of each god on Wall of Fortune 
so I experience passion of their souls 
which urge our quest to find the Promised Land 
we must create with hands of loving faith. 

Analyzing how leaves of trees transform 
light and rain to sweet fruit we humans eat, 
I savor pleasure of each conscious brain 
that has ever dreamed on this spinning globe 
so all their memories stored in fairy tales 
become my memory of the human race. 

Organizing idols of long-dead gods, 
which I recover from junk-littered lot 
beside abandoned radio factory, 
I display them behind glass with their names 
and stories of their lives on metal plates 
in our Museum of Abandoned Gods.