Quick Ruin Of Our Age

Quick Ruin Of Our Age
© Surazeus
2026 08 16

When death attempts to realign the clock 
through subtle syncopation of lamplight, 
I sell useless treasures of crumbled hope 
that drift in cold wind with unfolded sheep 
while children wander beyond the frontier 
to prove paradise remains when time cracks. 

I build booth in swamp of reluctant prayer 
to swim at ease in waters of despair 
which proves soul of the world still animates 
mortal humans striving against regret 
to become one spirit with the Great Being 
who walks invisible in singing fields. 

Through glory of the Great Awakening 
I seek to comprehend vast Mind of God 
that teems thick with billions of self-named souls 
who join discourse of blind philosophers 
to analyze true nature of the self 
when I ascend on winding stairs of hope. 

Invisible to eyes of mortal gods 
who meet every month in the time-locked church, 
I talk about our pilgrimage to Hell 
in grand tradition of fake heritage 
that drives our bodies to wear naked clothes 
discarded by the jester king of faith. 

Eroded by quick ruin of our age, 
that transforms fair things of our tearful pride 
to bleak consumption of hot desert sand, 
our world view readjusts its paradigm 
from ziggurat to castle to starship 
through which I will investigate the world. 

I search through every city left on Earth 
to find original framework of fate 
since ancient temples are now empty tombs 
beside the sacred river that still flows 
long after our ancestors turn to dust 
so we admire strange grandeur of decay. 

Brave idols, ruined by harsh hand of time, 
call out my name with ache of divine minds 
each time I drive past library of ghosts 
on my way to work in the marble bank 
where I map beauty of this world in tales 
that hide where saints and martyrs party wild. 

Caress porphyry heart of robot god 
to wake his passion with systemic code 
since we inscribe our secret fantasies 
on marble plates erected along walls 
which may reveal clandestine parables 
that always fool the poor to strive for wealth.