Lost In Nowhere Land

Lost In Nowhere Land
© Surazeus
2026 11 07

Lost in nowhere land of excessive faith, 
Godwulf mops classroom floors of the high school 
at midnight when vampires and ghosts haunt hearts 
of teenagers seeking to understand 
intense desire to regenerate bodies 
from tangled memories of divine genes. 

Lost in nowhere land of expensive hope, 
Godwulf wanders past crowded biker bars 
to buy sub sandwich with tuna and cheese, 
then sits on park bench by deserted church 
with stones that flash from garish neon signs 
while he thinks about how wagons are made. 

Lost in nowhere land of progressive trust, 
Godwulf hears loud angry voice of some man 
insulting his wife with contemptuous snark, 
but when he beats her on the head with rage 
something swells from passion of his heart 
so he knocks her abuser to the ground. 

Lost in nowhere land of abundant courage, 
Godwulf fights the man abusing his wife 
till police arrive with guns in their hands 
so he tells them he is the caped crusader 
protecting women from abusive men, 
but young policeman shoots him in the back. 

Lost in nowhere land of artistic vibe, 
Godwulf lies on his back on wet cement 
and stares through branches of the maple tree 
to contemplate architecture of stars 
that weave life on planets from threads of light 
in organic creatures with throbbing brains. 

Lost in nowhere land of corporate clowns, 
Godwulf leaves hospital after three months 
recovering from the bullet in his back, 
but finds that he is no longer employed, 
so he applies to work as the janitor 
at the bank that forecloses mortgages. 

Lost in nowhere land of explicit love, 
Godwulf sits all day on the polished bench 
before city hall with eagle on top 
of its dome which spreads golden wings of pride, 
and panhandles for money to buy food, 
then sleeps behind the library at night. 

Lost in nowhere land of mercurial fame, 
Godwulf goes to the Pegasus Cafe 
every Wednesday night to read poetry 
with fragments of ancestral memories 
about the fractured paradigm of life, 
then wanders mute along the river shore 
till he transforms into turtle of truth.