Lost In Fake Tomorrows

Lost In Fake Tomorrows
© Surazeus
2025 12 14

While young girl plays sweet melody of sorrow 
on heart-aching strings of the violin, 
I ponder why, when I express despair 
through tangled threads of arrogant dismay, 
I win grand prizes for anxiety, 
rewarded for how bitterly I scream. 

Old gray-haired man in room of shining windows 
traps joyful sprites in cores of mandolins 
played by blind troubadours at country fairs 
whose music leads the lost through crowded maze 
where idols worshipped by societies 
come alive as puppets in secret dreams. 

As young boy stares at keys of huge piano, 
to breathe deep spirit of its harmony, 
his heart transforms to swan of ardent faith 
that guides him from Tuonela to his home 
where he attends to faceless ghost of sound, 
then plays heart-breaking tune of secret love. 

Old sad-eyed woman of the weeping willows 
frees crippled slaves from social tyrannies 
who preach salvation sold by stellar wraiths 
in brave rebellion against righteous domes 
built by warriors buried in high mounds 
studied by archaeologists with gloves. 

If tired mother cries at song of the sparrow 
that flutters wings of hope in cage of fate, 
mad jester driving full delivery truck 
abandons capitalist money game 
to meditate outside the mountain cave 
while she washes dishes and clothes all day. 

Yet angry father, lost in fake tomorrows, 
decides to return from fixing house gates 
to find his home possessed by playful Pucks 
commissioned by Oberon to steal names 
and organize roles of newly-freed slaves 
who perform boat races on sunlit bays. 

Mike counts red chickens by the red wheelbarrow 
glazed with rainwater after the sea storm, 
then boils one in the pot on Christmas Eve 
for his children to feast before they die 
of starvation in Land of Liberty 
while singing hymns to Savior of the World. 

Jane spends all night assembling perfect arrows 
that Janus needs while guarding Realm of Forms, 
then cooks chicken soup for blind queen who grieves 
death of Apollo with electric eyes 
who tried to lift mankind from poverty 
with help from gang of self-appointed heralds.