Sibyl Visits War Zones

Sibyl Visits War Zones
© Surazeus
2026 09 08

Through reports in documentary voice 
by which I register brutal events 
when men battle men to control the land, 
I unspeak true lies about the regime 
rising from heart of darkness to enforce 
divine laws of their cloud-based thunder god. 

Airplanes that angels fly among the clouds 
obey command of God to bomb our homes 
with thunderbolt as missile forged from steel 
on mission to secure with law of fear 
global hegemon of our empire creed 
that we bring freedom to poor lands of slaves. 

When Sibyl wearing mask of providence 
confronts uncertain place in game of thrones, 
which prophets dare assert with riddled verse 
through inexhaustible faith in the truth, 
King Midas aims toy gun straight at her head 
and whispers pow, then snickers, blind with fear. 

While Sibyl walks in field of severed ears 
that hear commands of tyrants without curse, 
she chants with arduous intensity 
polished proverbs from ancient holy book 
that Tutankhamen wrote with trembling hand 
to sweep streets of the city maze with prayers. 

When Sibyl visits war zones of the world, 
with camera to document harsh crimes 
of Eden Angels armed with flaming swords, 
she tries to record with cute fairy tales 
suffering of the people in mountain towns 
who hold burnt photographs of faceless ghosts. 

Translucent language of the wounded heart 
expresses tales of witness in bookstores 
to raise awareness of fascists regimes 
that trample rights of people in the street 
with hope to catalyze action through faith 
that justice will prevail through code of fate. 

Amid smoking ruins of bombed-out towns, 
where children gather tattered photographs 
from mangled hands of zombies in the rubble, 
brave Sibyl documents harsh tyranny 
that captures barbarism of cruel men 
who dwell in mansions built from bones of farmers. 

Extracting stone of ennui from her brain, 
with hands stained gold from blood of fallen gods, 
fierce Sybil builds grand palace of concern 
to house scriptorium of the Jester Seer 
who throws fractured mask of authority 
before locked doors of cathedrals, and laughs.