Wings Of Earnest Hope

Wings Of Earnest Hope
© Surazeus
2025 10 26

Because time flies on wings of earnest hope 
Minerva stands still on the windless rock 
and gazes over fields of skeletons 
that wander circles among fruitless trees 
and wail with sorrow at vanishing clouds 
for beauty to bless life with joyful play. 

Ignoring soft alarm on broken clock, 
Melody leans on dusty window sill 
and watches pine trees flutter in cold wind 
that shift enough to reveal tall glass towers 
where seagulls flock at harbor of Seattle 
framed by sleeping volcano of Takoma. 

Four thousand years of endless spinning time 
links golden thread of genes between their hearts 
as two young woman born in one bloodline 
consider nature of our conscious brains 
expressed through faces of our yearning minds 
to savor pleasure of feeling alive. 

This world teems with existing beings of light 
who seek to progress past entanglement 
while trudging through dark pathless woods of fear 
till we discover grove of apple trees 
that gleam in sunlight on the river shore 
where we construct safe haven of stone walls. 

Erecting wall of stones with blistered hands, 
Minerva breathes ethereal soul of hope 
as she envisions soul-protecting hall 
where children learn tales of humanity 
that moralize our failure and success 
through tragedy and comedy of deeds. 

Alone at the quiet library desk, 
Melody types essay on her laptop 
to define good economic programs 
based on analysis of data points 
that prove hypothesis of deep research 
presenting ways to increase wealth for all. 

Leading army of tooth-born warriors, 
Minerva charges up ziggurat steps 
to fight dictatorship of elite greed 
in battle to drive King Midas from power 
and free the people of the world to live 
through equal justice of communal faith. 

Stepping off the bus in downtown Seattle, 
Melody adjusts wings of earnest hope 
she made from blueprints Icarus designed, 
and joins protesters marching maze of streets 
in brave defiance against tyranny 
to protect and nurture democracy.