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.