Veiled By Beautiful Lies

Veiled By Beautiful Lies
© Surazeus
2026 11 09

We follow strict routes of our daily lives 
with our wild minds veiled by beautiful lies, 
Tristan declares with flame-hot meteor voice, 
so we create our fate with every choice 
when we exercise force of our free will 
that always leads me to apple tree hill. 

Two men with guns follow his fading trail 
with earnest intention to never fail 
when they set out to capture faceless ghost 
who relives drama of Paradise Lost 
by limping wounded on the dusty plain 
after leaping from the fast-moving train. 

Gray shadow of his first featureless face 
gleams on television screen without trace 
since he becomes the new romantic horse 
who trains forty years to master the Force, 
then goes on mission to defeat the clown 
who steals gold version of the thorny crown. 

Turning the large glass television off, 
Tristan decides to ignore mocking scoff 
expressed by painted warrior on the wall, 
then floats outside at the wild raven call 
that shatters silence of the Texas heat 
radiating from fence-wired fields of wheat. 

Walking routes of his summer afternoon, 
Tristan passes red-brick church of the moon 
where thieves in suits calculate cash they scam 
from faithful believers in the I Am 
who hides in glow-clouds with nothing to say 
to wounded people who desperately pray. 

Building starship shaped like plastic pen cap, 
Tristan soars swiftly to escape the trap 
set by the power-obsessed god Voltar, 
while riding in the red Volkswagen car 
to swim with elves in the dam-informed lake 
where he suddenly becomes more awake. 

Observing quotidian nature of hope, 
through which we find simple methods to cope, 
Tristan draws weird image of the next phase 
our bodies may evolve to map the maze 
where he evades cruel demons in foul mood 
to live safely free in the Brooding Wood. 

Resurrected with soul of Lazarus, 
Tristan flies far on wings of Icarus 
so he can play grand role of Lucifer 
while wearing crystal mask of Jupiter 
when he journeys from ruins of Babylon 
to build world empire from lush Oregon.