Faceless Ghost Of Hope

Faceless Ghost Of Hope
© Surazeus
2026 06 05

Descended from lost exiled wanderers, 
driven away by politics of power 
over who controls bodies of the state, 
I feel their passion to explore the world 
that drove my ancestors ten thousand years 
forever westward to the Promised Land. 

Since I left Garden of Habaeleon, 
driving long train of horse-drawn wagons west, 
to build haven of mounds in apple groves 
now paved over on Isle of Avalon, 
I traveled ever on to Oregon 
to find Dawn Land at the end of the world. 

Where shall I go now with my restless heart, 
I wonder as I stand on ocean beach 
and listen to weird song of ceaseless waves 
that urge my heart to animate my mind 
with vision of Heaven we build on Earth 
in stone castles that have crumbled to sand. 

This globe that was so empty long ago, 
endless valleys of rivers and vast woods, 
now teems with more than eight billion humans 
in five thousand cities and countless towns, 
each person striving to gain happiness 
in fractured nation-states where gangsters rule. 

I hear voice of the prophet in the wind 
who speaks with authority of the sky, 
where many believe some god rules our lives, 
explain how we can unify the world 
in one religious vision of fair justice 
for every person breathing air of hope. 

This voice I hear I know is nothing more 
than echo of the faceless ghost of hope 
programmed by visions of Heaven on Earth 
where One World God rules all humanity 
which my ancestors conjured in their hearts 
as they struggled to survive times of unrest. 

New age of empires controlled by bank kings 
threatens frail system of democracies 
when greedy tyrants grasping crown of thorns 
hijack institutions of government 
to enrich themselves by exploiting us, 
as mortal men perform role of Storm God. 

Exiled by power games of thought control, 
my ancestors bore Light of Lucifer 
to found new colonies in the waste land, 
but now I must join squad of Liberty 
who leads our fight against grim Jupiter 
to support United Nations of Earth.