Translate

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Material Otherness of Nature

Material Otherness of Nature
© Surazeus
2026 02 01

Though grim shadow of mortality haunts 
harsh hills of prelapsarian Arcady 
full of lovesick shepherds and prancing sheep, 
I search for vision of transcendent truth 
through experience of Nature I record, 
suspicious of mystical sentiment. 

If shimmer of pure sentimental love 
for Nature distorts perception of life, 
I shall assert my clear identity, 
reflected in Narcissan pool of fate, 
and conduct solemn quest with open heart 
to comprehend essential soul of Earth. 

Alone on hilltop by the windswept tree, 
where I enclose the whole Earth in broad scope 
of my world view projected from its base, 
I seek God in clear absence of its power 
through which my consciousness expands to glow 
in tune with numinous phantom of love. 

Since humble shepherd with the raven quill 
advises I look at the land with love 
and not confuse my own flesh for its field, 
I feel its blank indifference to fate 
almost seem to mock effort of my will, 
but I laugh knowing Nature has no mind. 

Material Otherness of Nature glows 
with personality my mind projects 
so I see in vitality of fruitful trees 
compassion for fragile being of my soul 
which is not there in radiance of its growth, 
pathetic fallacy of fearful hope. 

When scolding moralist with magic wand 
cautions me to avoid idolatry 
that worships mindless Nature as its God, 
I cast aside delusions of false pride 
that local spirit of this land loves me, 
and treasure spinning Earth is glob of dirt. 

That vision of God on huge mossy rock, 
who seems to gaze at me with loving eyes, 
I realize through epiphany of faith 
embodies soul of my ancestral fathers 
whose guidance showed each new child how to live, 
mortals providing ideal form for God. 

Nature bristles with bright ancestral souls 
of all my fathers and mothers who lived 
millions of years in vales by sparkling streams 
with negative magnitude of mind power 
so God embodies spirits of their love 
awake in conscious dreaming of my brain. 



We Hear The Weeper

We Hear The Weeper
© Surazeus
2026 02 01

If every dream deferred were to explode 
with fear from sweet syrup of rotten meat, 
then Red Maria with hands of hawk wings 
will lead the hungry refugees of war 
across the Jordan River of despair 
and to crumbling church where devils sing. 

When Red Maria passes by my home 
to tell us how the new day has begun, 
we turn away from where war always burns 
to hide in silver mist from factories 
that shroud the lake of fish in silent rage 
where singing stones inform us of the score. 

If we should all arrive in Lombardy 
where rumors of mutual acquaintances 
reveal secret code of conspiracies, 
I shall prowl restless archives of my mind 
to find the gentle Monster of our state 
who wants to sing instead of scaring us. 

Hydra-headed bird of America 
lurches with wounded wing of arrogance 
across the windy prairie of the heart 
to ask if Red Maria could restore 
score for our cheerful tune of nourishment 
despite how milk-cart horses wait for wealth. 

We hear the Weeper in the doorless home, 
whose voice is querulous with shrill regret, 
express blind silhouette of wordless grief 
explicit with strange idiom of the street 
preserved in dictionaries no one reads, 
since we are all reluctant witnesses. 

Packed on the bus that bears dead souls to Hell, 
we race through forest of the howling wolf 
in vain attempt to escape bombs of rage 
by seeking ticket to the Promised Land 
without pretense of pleasure in fine art, 
hearts tangled in strings of the violin. 

We face our fate with courage of the fool 
while all the world weeps at harsh tyranny 
established by cruel kindness of the king 
who would pardon both assassin and thief 
by stabbing them with smile of unfair law 
that traps us in these strange times of despair. 

Over the trading world in fractured ship 
Odysseus sails beyond all legal bounds 
to grasp lost treasure with his diamond hand 
by selling coal to peasants in glass shacks 
who vote for Sun Thief as World President 
while clutching at their useless dreams deferred. 



Moral Parasites Of Faith

Moral Parasites Of Faith
© Surazeus
2026 02 01

If we are moral parasites of faith 
then life is programmed to generate life 
when self-replicating genes of molecules 
design new bodies to maintain concept 
of lithe organic hope while God evolves 
from fish to wingless angel born of angst. 

Hygeia gives me grail of honey wine 
that wakes immortal soul of divine genes 
bright in my brain as timeless energy 
composed of memories my ancestors lived 
which programs how my mind perceives the world, 
inventing quest for my soul to fulfill. 

Transparent flame of conscious energy 
contrives to cause my brain to visualize 
stone wall enclosing garden of fruit trees 
so I play architect of paradise 
constructing haven to protect my clan 
in cathedral of bones where angels pray. 

We worship Wise Fool, who woke from weird dream 
with conscious vision of our spinning world, 
as God who teaches secret of rebirth 
through conjugal relations which conceive 
new bodies for immortal soul of genes 
so children carry on our legacy. 

Love urges me to find soul mate of hope 
so we transform our dreams of paradise 
to children running in lush yard of trees 
where they play hide and seek to learn the game 
of social power, trapped by hierarchy 
by judging who can eat and breed new souls. 

Erased by mirror of conceptual thoughts, 
I project bright silhouette of my soul 
as faceless shadow encoded in verse 
which reprograms how brains perceive the world 
so strangers recite spells dispelling curse 
that opens space for selfless love to grow. 

Awake through divine fever of desire, 
though trapped in mortal shell of aching flesh, 
I journey on quest for the Holy Grail 
that drove my ancestors for centuries 
to expand from castle on hill of faith 
and build world empire to enheaven Earth. 

Arresting progress of my world conquest, 
shocked at aggressive stance of blinding fear, 
I survey wreck of history in old myths, 
preserved in fractured nations of the world, 
and wonder how we plan redesign 
social system to equalize all souls.