Revelation Of The Ardent Nurse

Revelation Of The Ardent Nurse
© Surazeus
2026 10 28

Though my soul has not yet drifted away 
on quick waters of ever-changing time, 
I measure alterations by the day 
to calculate how soon the deathly chime 
will vibrate soft melody of my name 
so I die before I am trapped by fame. 

Now withered with strange wisdom of the tree, 
I lounge in my pedantic Babylon 
and ponder how our actions make us free 
while plotting how to retake Avalon 
where my ancestor reigned as Fairy Queen 
till she was replaced by the Dream Machine. 

With stylus, forged from the same meteor stone 
which Arthur used to hone Excalibur, 
I wrote formulas on tablets which zone 
my legal right to reign as Lucifer 
because I bear Lamp of Diogenes 
to wield the thirteen magic Spirit Keys. 

I learn to walk upright in ocean waves 
after I lose my coiled tree-swinging tail, 
so now I chant hymns in shadow-weird caves 
while Helios herds milk cows in the dale 
through holy act on which empires are built 
that correct actions through brave sense of guilt. 

Phoebus hoops civilization with peace 
through illusion of justice based on rules, 
so kings judge deeds enforced by thought police 
while farmers produce food with humble tools, 
yet hermits search for God on Mount Meru 
outside frame of our religious world view. 

Fanatics frightened by liberal self worth 
attempt to crucify the humble clown, 
but his descendants thrive to conquer Earth 
by adding jewels to his thorny crown, 
so Rapunzel sings in Tower of Troy 
while Hamlet wanders the waste land of joy. 

Since I am still running to Paradise 
with the last penny of faith in my cap, 
I find fame is won by toss of the dice 
that turns its golden cage into the trap 
from which the wise seer can never escape 
though all the spinning world is their dreamscape. 

Before the second coming of the ghost, 
born from bitter witch of the city slum, 
I eat good breakfast of fried egg on toast, 
then sail Titanic to Byzantium 
with revelation of the ardent nurse 
who programs our view of the universe.