Electric Brain Juice

Electric Brain Juice
© Surazeus
2026 11 01

Fear swallows all dissenters of the heart 
who dare defy finality of death 
that wastes our fragile bodies with despair, 
though we glow with ambition to endure 
by drinking electric brain juice of love 
we steal from Tree of Knowledge with respect. 

Gripping rifle of absolute faith 
in guardianship of angels in gold clouds, 
Orion runs in woods of hungry ghouls, 
then crouches behind large Salvation Stone 
to shoot at tanks invading his small town, 
just as bombs blast the church next to his home. 

At roar of silver angels in blue sky, 
that stretch their aluminum wings with pride, 
Orion aims rifle at Heart of God, 
but flash of shots from rifle of his courage 
attract the Eyes of Death with mocking grin 
who looms as shadow in Valley of Fear. 

When lieutenant of his platoon is shot 
by laughing bullet from tongue of the Devil, 
Orion tries to rally frightened soldiers, 
so they retreat to ruins of the church 
where he crouches beneath statue of Mary 
who holds the headless Savior in her arms. 

Staring at the marble statue of Jesus, 
whose head was shattered by bullet of faith, 
Orion declares to his huddled squad, 
this fertile land where our fathers have lived, 
since they arrived sixteen centuries ago, 
is sacred haven where our families thrive. 

At midnight when moonbeams illuminate 
shattered ruins of the tenth-century church, 
Orion studies structure of stone walls 
to understand architectural design 
on which mankind builds Cathedral of Faith 
now shattered by bombs of national greed. 

Inside the shattered wall of the church apse 
old bottle of wine gleams in gold moonlight, 
so Orion raises glass of wine to Heaven 
and prays for victory of his homeland 
against invading empire of the north, 
then sings heart-wrenching hymn of bitter faith. 

Drunk on ancient wine of fermented faith, 
brewed by some monk hundreds of years before, 
Orion consumes electric brain juice 
that fills his heart with courage of the doomed 
who always fight to guard the fertile land 
where their children play hide and seek with Death.