See Past Mask Of Seems

See Past Mask Of Seems
© Surazeus
2026 09 04

Sibylla walks along river of dreams 
and chuckles at the strangeness of her thoughts 
that ponder power struggles between men 
over who controls who will get to eat, 
then asks brave Hamlet if he knows the truth 
that blinds our eyes to see past mask of seems. 

Gazing out across great river of dreams, 
Sibylla plucks apple from Tree of Life 
then gives it calmly to the weeping man 
and thanks Timoleon with beaming smile 
because he freed the slaves of Syracuse 
so they can live and thrive with equal rights. 

We should abolish every monarchy, 
Sibylla whispers in the morning breeze, 
and force every tyrant to farm wheat fields 
so we eat bread of brave humility, 
then design social programs that support 
development of talents into skills. 

Our friendship is broad field of quiet light 
where vibrant hours nurture our mental growth 
so we share love through spiritual support 
the way the shoreline embraces the sea 
that helps us manage chaos of desire 
when gentle hands create Heaven we share. 

I want to offer you encouragement, 
Sibylla speaks to crowd of citizens, 
for I love you in my bewildered way 
when I discover door inside my heart 
that leads me to bright meadow of our hopes 
where we share stories by the glowing moon. 

When Hamlet leaves Ophelia behind, 
where she floats singing on the River Styx, 
Orpheus lifts her out with gentle arms 
so they teach daughter of forbidden love 
how to analyze fraught global affairs 
and prophesy rise of democracy. 

Engaged with process of creative art 
that frames narrative of global success, 
Sibylla fabulates with fairy tales 
conceptual code through ambiguity 
that stages plays of individual will 
when people choose fate they try to avoid. 

Brave hymns we sing in shadow of despair 
embrace chaotic darkness of our hearts 
refracting psychic energy of gods 
so we break our minds free from social norms 
and build global state of Zarathia 
from shattered ruins of America.