Safe On The Serpent Way

Safe On The Serpent Way
© Surazeus
2026 05 10

In this open field of battle for truth 
between bleak wind and sorrow of the mind, 
I build marble temple from dragon bones 
where the clock, not yet invented by hope, 
unspools salvation from seductive hearts 
of those who long to walk the signless road. 

Soft whisper of some voice in shadowed woods 
explains quickening of life in dark rain 
that causes mindless reel of being to spin 
with sharp machinery of the hungry mind 
because past events of outrageous crimes 
occur again today that shocks our hearts. 

Knife-eyed scientists of truth, who research 
excessive opinions about state power, 
scan vast emptiness of heavenly realms 
with passion to observe how souls are born 
from flash of chemicals in pulsing brains 
that emanate with conscious sense of self. 

Harrowing strain of electric regrets 
reshapes crowded tenements of lost souls 
who give up searching for the Promised Land 
while gazing upward at arrogant clouds 
that deny right to work and live at will 
in any town along the restless river. 

So many voices of the recent past 
wait mute in cracked texts of long-unread books 
that highlight fraught problem of ownership 
fought between factions of corporate states, 
so I walk barefoot on long pilgrimage 
to find skulls of gods buried under roots. 

When Sisyphus stumbles to his crippled knees 
and rock of salvation begins to roll, 
I will imagine how happy he is 
to push the stone of wisdom up the hill, 
then stand in line with joy to wait my turn 
while I ponder how matter radiates essence. 

Since Tiresias gives me wand of respect 
and retires to watch television shows, 
I strut the busy streets of business shops 
till I see tall gold statue in the park, 
but when preachers demand I worship it 
I call out for help from Abednego. 

Running from masked agents with eyeless guns, 
I seek for Spirit of Lyterius 
to wake inside hollow cave of my heart 
and guide my way safe on the Serpent Way, 
till I find myself at the pyramid 
where lightning strikes gold idol of the king.