Dynasty Of Cloud-Born Gods

Dynasty Of Cloud-Born Gods
© Surazeus
2026 08 14

Tickled by how often people will claim 
they are descended from some royal chief, 
I hide my own bloodline from jeweled crowns 
to prove I am more farmer that court clown, 
for hungry people digging in thick dirt 
outnumber people lounging on gold clouds. 

Flight far of anguished hearts on raven wings 
expends fraught energy my soul would save 
for braving storms of spirit-wounding words 
against stone wall of paradise I build 
to guard my frail mind from oppressive greed 
when hordes of hungry wanderers steal fruit. 

Impulse to build strong castle of high walls 
drives me to carve huge stones from jagged cliffs 
and stack my sorrows straight in measured lines 
that block aggressive theft of sacred fruit 
so I fight thieves with sword I forge from fear 
to found brave dynasty of cloud-born gods. 

All humans, equal in hunger to eat 
nutritious fruit that sprouts from pungent soil, 
start game of power on similar ground, 
but some succeed in producing more fruit 
they sell for coins of metal stamped with pride 
to crown themselves brave kings with right to kill. 

All people alive today on spinning Earth 
descend from more successful clans who guard 
productive fields of crops and groves of trees 
through strict cooperation in their roles, 
well-organized by wisest of their group 
who manages their family institute. 

We are descendants of successful thieves 
who work together to construct high walls 
surrounding garden where they follow rules 
designed to manage individual will 
with shared needs of communal fortitude, 
or risk getting expelled from paradise. 

If you find royal kings in jeweled crowns 
high in lofty court of your family tree, 
remember they kill threats to their state power 
when they eradicate the hungry poor 
so their children populate empty farms 
to colonize Earth with superior ways. 

We are descendants of those wealthy gangs 
who build stone castles from bones of dead gods, 
then force the poor to worship reverently 
mortal man who founded their dynasty 
as God incarnate on Earth in his son 
so they claim right to rule our humble lives.