Diamonds Of Eternal Stars

Diamonds Of Eternal Stars
© Surazeus
2026 05 23

The lonely traveler of everywhere 
wonders if his search for Rome will reveal 
foundations of truth built on bones of gods 
who still walk the streets in bodies of people 
because the Tiber still flows in their veins 
with grandeur resurrected from cracked stones. 

The fugitive from programmed time of chance 
maintains permanent residence with faith 
in ruins rebuilt into halls of glass 
that shimmer again on the Palatine 
where ghosts of warriors with ambitious plans 
participate in grand cathedral shows. 

The lonely traveler on endless roads 
admires quaint chapel with statue of Mary 
whose eyes are diamonds of eternal stars 
that gleam the nothing in our hungry hearts 
so we pray silently in candlelight 
with pious respect for beauty of death. 

Heroic dust of priests who ruled our minds 
will never assemble again into souls 
who climb high mountains of sincerity 
to tread golden stars of eternity 
with grim confidence in the afterlife 
where changeless ideas of things persist. 

Animal motivated by weird reason, 
I ride swift chariot on the battlefield 
and fire arrow of justice at the tyrant 
because Death haunts confidence of my path 
when I plow city towers to erase 
colonial empire of angelic pride. 

Secure within legalized walls of Heaven, 
Ziphion keeps watch in tower of desire 
to protect his family against invaders 
who brandish weapons of arrogant faith 
in holy righteousness of their lost cause 
because winners name the land for their father. 

Whatever her name and name of her son, 
the Mother and Child in temple of hope 
represent every family on Earth, 
so I forge key of faith from bones of god 
that opens every door of every home 
where we share songs from ancient books of flame. 

My heart filled with delight in the Great Being, 
though it glows indifferent to my success, 
seeks wisdom in the song of ocean waves 
which I translate to tangled sentences 
inadequate to portray the real world 
except as toy models of my childhood.