Passion To Live Free

Passion To Live Free
© Surazeus
2025 12 18

Thoughtlessly singing to the faceless moon, 
Tellus extends her arms to the red sky 
and wonders why crows, not humans, can fly, 
then asks the river to teach her his tune, 
but he just flows away to the wild sea 
without explaining how we can live free. 

Startled by ache of sorrow in her voice, 
Peneus emerges from cold river flow 
and creeps toward shadow of the girl in snow 
who explains to the deer freedom of choice, 
then offers her pearl he found in the sea 
and asks if she recalls how to live free. 

Gazing with awe at pure light of the pearl, 
Tellus dreams how souls spiral from God Eye 
that knows everything real under Blue Sky, 
and tries to measure nature of the swirl 
to calculate surging tides in the sea 
which energize our passion to live free. 

Concerned his mate will choose another man 
and generate new children from his soul, 
Alpheus asserts dominance of his role 
by explaining their shared domestic plan, 
but Peneus wanders off to the wild sea, 
determined to keep his own body free. 

Attracted to Peneus with curly hair, 
Tellus follows him to the jeweled cave, 
though puzzled why Alpheus begins to rave, 
and walks with him to explore everywhere, 
then roasts fish she snares from the deep sea 
while wind ghosts sing about how to live free. 

Whistling as she gathers clams from the beach, 
Tellus sees Flora dragged by rip tide, 
so she paddles boat swift as spirit guide, 
and pulls her on board with desperate reach 
to rescue her soul from indifferent sea 
in performance that shows how to live free. 

Sad that Tellus chose someone else to love, 
Alpheus tends Flora to restore her health, 
then takes care of her with romantic stealth 
till she gives him her heart in moonlit cove 
where they make love by the adoring sea 
in tandem with faith for how to live free. 

Janus, son of Tellus and Peneus, 
gathers strawberries from edge of the cliff 
where he carves their story in figured glyph 
for daughter of Flora and Alpheus, 
Iris, who kisses him by the bright sea, 
having learned secret for how to live free.