Humble Farmers Of The Soil

Humble Farmers Of The Soil
© Surazeus
2026 03 28

Suppressed desire of the damp ether hum 
writhes eyeless in limestone guilt of respect 
between weed-tangled banks of rivered oil 
that erodes foundation of empire guilt, 
trapped in drama of unforgiven crime 
that dissolves elements of memories. 

Substance of our bodies reconstitutes 
other bodies outside fake photographs 
blurred by fog of memories we forget, 
barely visible on glass table of hope 
disturbed by famine of answerless code 
that conjures neon signs on cement streets. 

Ghost of my heart guards unlocked labyrinth 
where my ancestors wander loops of hope 
with brave impassive cry of warriors 
that we return to history of our pride 
when we were humble farmers of the soil 
beneath bright satellites of global faith. 

Adamant refusal of patriots 
to condemn imperial glory of power 
restructures toxic privilege of faith 
to match political climate of war, 
rejecting birthright of obsessive quest 
to build our nation on skulls of dead gods. 

Against current tides of fate, I believe 
in brotherhood of nations as one tribe 
with genuine concern of social health 
for star-blind Oedipus in sacred grove 
of Colonus where acacias shade graves 
preserving souls of gods who ruled the world. 

Unpeopled landscape of my first homeland 
glows with weird enchantment of timeless myth 
through my imagination of faint hope, 
so I sit bored beneath the apple tree 
where Scythia first taught me how to sing, 
but all I can do now is mumble jokes. 

Half-destroyed by endless war of vampire gods 
to control deserted hills of oil wells, 
castle of my grandfather shimmers hot 
in lucid calm of weightless innocence 
till factory workers revolt against greed, 
then get back to work making more eye-phones. 

Neglected harbor of fear-rotten docks, 
where Elpenor waits for his ship to come, 
collects debris of missile-shattered boats 
till Ahura Mazda arrives by plane 
to defend Strait of Hormuz for Ishtar 
who walks barefoot on crunched shells of the beach.