River Of Dream Time

River Of Dream Time
© Surazeus
2026 11 03

Extracting minerals from heart of the Earth 
with giant metal claw of hungry greed, 
Vulcan devours mountains of synergy 
to forge billions of cars from steel and glass 
with piston engine Barsanti designed 
that powers chariot of Ezekiel. 

Amazed by trans-human magnificence, 
that emanates from fertile seas of hope, 
and exerts lust through bulging mountain peaks, 
Diana runs with deer in shadowed woods 
to find ghost of Silvanus by the lake 
polluted by waste from car factories. 

Thrown into frame of Earth with hope for life 
by passion of my parents to preserve 
immortal soul of genes in my small body, 
I walk along the River of Dream Time 
while ancestors and descendants observe 
through this temporary node of my being. 

I breathe wind rustling leaves of apple trees 
while strolling past greasy telephone poles 
strung with wires that connect thousands of cities 
through swift currents of electricity 
generated by copper coils of faith 
wound around huge magnetic core of iron. 

Standing by the river of snow-pure water, 
that winds from high mountain to swirling gulf, 
I scroll social media sites on my eye-phone 
through global network of cellular towers 
that connect us all sea to shining sea 
where birds haunt marshes near asphalt street mazes. 

My heart transforms into the moon-eyed crow 
who wakes fierce spirit of Cronus in me, 
so I sing heartache of the tree and bird 
who dwell on shores of brackish city lakes 
littered with trash from factories and stores 
where I park my car at the shopping mall. 

Since Vulcan built first coal-fired steam engine 
that powers factories, trains, ships, and cars 
two hundred years of industrial expansion, 
mankind has transformed our Garden of Eden 
into sprawling cities of Pandemonium 
connected in cyberspace through computers. 

While wandering vast metropolitan maze, 
I hear cry of Silvanus with my heart 
whose spirit lingers in the wilderness, 
so I hike wild hills around Mount Takoma 
where Diana appears with hunting bow 
to share with me ancient spell Nature sings.