My Journey Nowhere Else

My Journey Nowhere Else
© Surazeus
2026 10 13

Because the spring sun is the saddest ghost 
that lingers mute in autumn innocence, 
I write my name in dust of alleyways 
to trace path of my journey nowhere else 
on endless quest to find the beautiful 
that shimmers in the fractured hearts of strangers. 

Amazed at flash in swelling clouds of time 
that imitate vast wings of cherubim 
which hovers over city maze of fate, 
I choose to tell lonely strangers I meet 
I am incarnation of Mercury 
though no one can see the wings on my feet. 

Paused on shore of the god-reflecting lake, 
I look for the Road Not Taken that spans 
lush meadows and bleak deserts of my heart, 
but all I see is the High Road of Fate 
where Orpheus leads blind ghosts of the dead 
who may arrive in Heaven before me. 

Though Atossa has painted every wall 
white with blood of angels to camouflage 
sorrows of children wounded in harsh wars, 
she sings strange beauty of our spinning Earth 
to celebrate this transient life of joy 
which inspires compassion to bloom in me. 

Though I doubt conscious entity called God 
creates this universe with clear design, 
I love how people gather in their church 
to sing about strange beauty of this world, 
and share tales of their struggles to survive 
to support each other in quest for love. 

Escaping dirty streets of rain-drenched cities, 
crowded with people driven from lush vales 
by greedy barons in castles of hate, 
my ancestors sailed to America 
and built new homes in lush Missouri vales 
where they sang hymns by River of Star Eyes. 

Startled by ephemeral glow of desire 
that radiates from bodies of human souls, 
I plot birth of the new energy field 
that weaves many nations in one world state, 
united by respect for liberty 
that nurtures equal justice for all people. 

So when I call God on the telephone 
to ask about why people suffer pain, 
he chuckles and explains with rainbow beams 
that he is but some story character 
invented by kings to keep men afraid, 
then we meet by the lake of stars to fish.