Woke In The Anxious Zone

Woke In The Anxious Zone
© Surazeus
2026 05 14

Woke in the anxious zone of my bruised heart, 
mind twisted by healing wisdom of rainbows, 
I gather ghosts of children killed by bombs 
so they can assemble puzzle of dreams 
from fragments of distempered photographs 
that conceal immortal soul of their genes. 

Woke in the anxious zone of dancing homes, 
doors flapping wild as wings of Icarus, 
I number every home on signless roads 
that all lead to ziggurat of Ishtar 
where she designs new masks for us to wear 
when we perform our role in game of life. 

Woke in the anxious zone of wordless books, 
soaked black with blood of people killed in wars, 
I organize in conceptual framework 
every trope based on character and scene 
that stereotypes our personalities 
in standard plotlines where everyone dies. 

Woke in the anxious zone of flashing bombs, 
unspooled by formulas of righteous prayer, 
I support United Nations of Earth 
based on justice and liberty for all 
through equal opportunity from birth 
for every soul to optimize their skills. 

Woke in the anxious zone of radio ghosts, 
brains buzzing voices of demonic faith, 
I chat with every person in the world 
to understand strange motives of their hands 
concerned with shaping thoughts in clever toys 
when sorrow challenges our right to love. 

Woke in the anxious zone of humming trees, 
designed to conjure fruit of sacred truth, 
I translate riddles of the Eyeless Snake 
who whispers code I forge in key of jokes 
so I can open box Pandora made 
where my heart flutters arrogant wings. 

Woke in the anxious zone of singing skulls, 
crystal egg of draconic fortitude, 
I join justice squad that Orpheus leads 
with Apollo and Hamlet to detect 
crimes committed by greedy oligarchs 
so we administer justice on Earth. 

Woke in the anxious zone of my glass eyes, 
that beam time-animated globe of Earth, 
I cartograph whole history of mankind 
to analyze rise and fall of great empires 
till we create Heaven that unites all 
in vain attempt to manage civil strife.