You Shall Not Shoot Me

You Shall Not Shoot Me
© Surazeus
2026 01 08

You shall not shoot me in the head with hate 
while I am driving to the lake of gods 
where I walk in dark woods of faceless ghosts 
to fish for demons in depths of despair 
so I can teach my handless child to count 
how many stars still glitter in the sky. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with fear 
while I am running up that hill of skulls 
to save the savior from the cross of pain 
who gives me bitter wings from fallen gods 
so I can fly above the maze of myths 
to find the idol of my laughing clown. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with lies 
while I am walking to the grocery store 
where gangs of thugs in masks of fragile pride 
chase honest immigrants to kingdom come 
since angels play with guns in paradise 
lost in the swirling smoke of burning homes. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with rage 
while I am writing fairy tales for kids 
to prove that people are good in their hearts 
according to the holy book of goats 
that tells us we should welcome to our homes 
lost refugees of war from distant lands. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with faith 
while I am dancing in tall ring of stones 
where Fairy Queen of Avalon proclaims 
how fundamental law of honest life 
declares, do what you will, if you harm none, 
till son of Jesus stabs her in the heart. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with truth 
while I am filming crimes of fascist goons 
who storm the Gates of Heaven with clean guns 
to steal the Crown of Jesus from his head 
when Odin chops the Tree of Knowledge down 
and forces Eve to marry him at noon. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with hope 
while I am climbing Zion before dawn 
to build new Temple of the Holy Ghost 
whose specter gleams on television screens 
as angel fallen from high castle walls, 
then flies away in starship of the mind. 

You shall not shoot me in the head with love 
while I am singing hymn to faceless God 
whose atom-spirit wakes in every brain 
that dreams brave United Nations of Earth 
against world empire of the vampire king 
who howls in rage that we defy his greed.