Archives Of Collected Dreams

Archives Of Collected Dreams
© Surazeus
2025 12 21

Rejoice in measureless progress of light 
with imagined scent of new graveyard flowers 
that convert eyes to television screens 
with vibrant randomness of secret codes 
preserved in archives of collected dreams 
based on stern bindings of electric books. 

Huge books with illustrations of dead gods 
tumble from shelves in earthquake of despair 
and crush my fragile body with old truths 
hard as bronze turtle shells of nonchalance 
forged from attitude of naive respect 
for authorities who control the switch. 

Reluctant to take down bright ornaments 
that signify birth of the global king, 
I float in trance of double jeopardy 
against aggressive tides of social change 
to surf with surreal fish of politics 
who flutter fragile wings down chimney chutes. 

No shadow purling in our silver sky 
would vandalize brave auditoriums 
where high school students cheer their hero on 
with passive aggression of public votes 
because we mutate with each new-born life 
though we hesitate to repent of love. 

Evidence burned by devil in gray suit 
would have proved my right to be alive 
because I wake in darkness of glass books, 
detached from suffering of humanity 
whose cries for justice melt castles of ice 
when we try to pray on the Sabbath day. 

Wild plum hanging red from the bomb-burned tree 
refracts dawn light across pasture of cows 
who seek salvation in the thunderstorm 
from manic pixie dream-girl in long skirt 
who dances lithe in ruins of my heart 
in paintings men sell in church galleries. 

Unheard stream of laughter from blinding snow 
reveals white owl who knows of human greed 
so we seek her in quest through Wonderland 
to ask how we should perform our own death 
when clocks transform into hymn-singing wrens 
who praise great warriors of national myths. 

Quotidian member of the master race, 
I play Perseus who fights angry trolls 
to save the famous singer from their rage 
with humble selflessness of social pride 
since no one ever seeks awards of fame 
preserved in archives of collected dreams.