World Tree Of Everywhere

World Tree Of Everywhere
© Surazeus
2026 05 19

Despite slow maladjustment of the mind, 
contrived by journal entries of dead trees, 
Niskus, son of Neptunus, steals fake coins 
from the mad king in cold castle of stone, 
and gives them to poor people by the river 
who buy televisions that never work. 

Leaving creepy basement of skeletons 
that crawl wailing from television screens, 
Niskus searches for the mysterious road 
that would lead him back home to Ruritania 
where travelers and thieves in tavern of ghosts 
discuss philosophy of Heraclitus. 

Because every vast city on the Earth 
has merged in one global metropolis, 
Niskus walks beyond walls of paradise 
to wander in savage jungles of beasts 
through stifling heat of arrogant dismay 
till he finds cave behind the waterfall. 

Resigned that he was born cursed child of fate, 
to avoid brutal tests of worthiness 
Niskus hesitates to search labyrinth  
of broken idols for the ancient relic 
that proves his journey is not for false heroes, 
stuck in bright mirror world of anywhere. 

Happy in sprawling library of ghosts, 
deep in mystical forest of proud bears, 
Niskus decides to play reluctant hero 
commissioned to rescue Princess of Pears 
because she is the secret heir of Hera, 
destined to fight all evil overlords. 

When he finds necklace of seven sapphires, 
that seem to twinkle eyes of the Blind Maiden, 
Niskus chants magic spells from Book of Dreams 
to release trapped soul from jewels of hope, 
so Litavis appears before his eyes 
who demands he solve riddle of the pear. 

Wearing Cape of Invisibility 
to help her escape marriage to his father, 
Niskus takes her to mountain of cracked skulls 
where they join secret school of alchemy 
to learn lost magic of the emerald 
so Litavis gives birth to our new world. 

Once they both find World Tree of Everywhere, 
that blooms from rotting corpse of Neptunus, 
Niskus and Litavis construct quaint cottage 
from gingerbread, gumdrops, and candy canes, 
then raise three children in Garden of Eden 
who carry on their family legacy.