Fractured Tombs Of Time

Fractured Tombs Of Time
© Surazeus
2026 10 31

When gods with faces our fathers once wore 
may resurrect from fractured tombs of time, 
I sing weird siren melody of faith 
that lures them to gather around the pool 
where Echo dances in long flowing gown 
till they transform into idols of stone. 

Assembling landscape of lost memories 
from photographs in fractured tombs of time, 
I stalk the barren fields of singing skulls 
to chase away blind ghouls of pestilence 
where crowds of hungry people in moonlight 
wail for the apple tree burned by despair. 

Almost home where rivers water wheat fields 
that flourish around fractured tombs of time, 
I watch the heron build her secret nest 
and listen to grasshoppers sing brave prayers, 
yet fate assures my wounded heart that time 
erases sorrow till my soul remains. 

Though fortune casts me from haven of hope 
so I wander past fractured tombs of time, 
I focus on road my ardent feet blaze 
as I walk forward through the endless maze 
to shining mystery on dark hill of bones 
where silence invents words for me to sing. 

When voices of dead poets wake my soul 
from dreamless sleep in fractured tombs of time, 
I reach my hand toward startled sun of faith 
to snatch fresh apple from the Tree of Truth 
in battle against tyrants who oppress 
common people struggling to survive. 

Eager to watch the new apocalypse 
reveal mad gods in fractured tombs of time, 
I drive lit strip mall in the twilight zone 
where people eat hamburgers in quaint bars 
and watch movies about our antiheroes, 
so I can understand heart of mankind. 

Reincarnated as Golem of Hope 
from secret lab in fractured tombs of time, 
I stuff bloody pages of epic poems 
from ancient books inside cave of my mouth 
which animates my clay body with love 
to play messiah of our modern world. 

Searching for invisible hand of God 
that reaches out from fractured tombs of time, 
I rattle tambourine of demon thought 
because the whole world is my lonely grave, 
then cast tablets of law on jagged rocks 
so runes slither awake as water snakes.