Saturday, January 25, 2025

Sacred Scroll Of Law

Sacred Scroll Of Law
© Surazeus
2025 01 25

When he hears thunder rumble in the sky 
that shakes his faith in honor of mankind, 
some spirit deep inside his startled heart 
advises him to map the end of time 
that he should stay alert with cautious hope, 
aware of doom that stalks the frightened world. 

Scratching at cold hard dirt with bleeding hands, 
Hilkiah digs under ruins of stone walls 
with desperate anguish of the raven cry 
till he finds long brass tube inscribed with glyphs 
that glitters in winter sunlight of hope 
as he pries ancient treasure from the Earth. 

"Commissioned by Josiah, King of Judah, 
to repair temple of Jerusalem," 
Hilkiah proclaims with solemn dignity, 
"I feel that celestial spirit of Eloh 
guided me to this corner of the ruins 
so I would find this treasure from the past." 

Uncapping brass tube with aggressive faith, 
Hilkiah retrieves thick scroll of leather skin 
to unroll it on half-toppled stone wall, 
and gazes with awe at delicate lines 
which record the law that Moses composed 
with blood of angels in Mount Sinai cave. 

"These words awake strange vision in my mind 
that conjures through virtual model of light 
architectural design of structured rites 
that guide behavior humans may perform 
to enhance bright energy of the soul 
so we perceive truth basic to our world. 

Striding swiftly across the bleak waste land, 
Hilkiah cradles brass tube with sacred scroll, 
leaping over scorpions, dodging swift hawks, 
and battling fierce wolves with serpentine rod 
handed down to him from Aaron through Shallum, 
but falls exhausted in the wilderness. 

Placing brass tube with sacred scroll of law 
in hands of Shaphan, his faithful assistant, 
Hilkiah begs, "Take this scroll Moses composed 
safely to hands of Josiah, our king, 
then return to escort me with kind courage 
to rebuild grand Temple of Solomon." 

Accepting sacred treasure of the law, 
Shaphan travels around wind-blasted hills 
to kneel before Josiah on wood throne 
who caresses ancient scroll in brass tube 
with reverent awe, then stands before the crowd 
to read words of Yahweh to his lost people. 


Sweet Silence Of Time

Sweet Silence Of Time
© Surazeus
2025 01 25

Listening to rain splatter on maple leaves 
on the mountain slope by the rocky stream, 
Kuro stares blindly in the moonless night. 
Holding the warm black stone in his left hand, 
he hears kerplash in the old silent pond 
when the frog leaps into silence of time. 

After writing poem on paper of his heart 
that describes wind blowing in leafless trees, 
Kuro eats persimmon sweet as lost hope. 
Though cicadas cry near the river shore, 
wrens noiselessly hop in the wind-blown grass 
and swallow their song in silence of time. 

"My life is brief as the cold moonless night," 
Kuro whispers to the wren on the sill, 
but I will wait till the moon shines again." 
When gold sun rises over hills of pine, 
he sees face of his father in the pond 
that shimmers with breath in silence of time. 

Red shadows of autumn evening transform 
into three men with swords that glint with fear 
as stars appear bright in the window frame. 
When the hawk descends from high mountain pine, 
Kuro twirls and swipes blade of courage quick 
that gleams drops of blood in silence of time. 

On sweet plum blossoms splattered with red blood 
dawn sun of hope shines with sudden surprise, 
exposing footprints on the mountain path. 
Thin layers of mist swirl slowly in pines 
as red plum blossoms fall on dark still lake, 
concealing sorrow in silence of time. 

Reaching out his hand with cautious intent, 
Kuro catches water from morning rain 
that spills from cup of the camellia. 
Gazing at the ripe plum cold in his hand, 
he listens to blue rain talk about home 
composed of blossoms from silence of time. 

When bush-warbler on handle of the hoe 
sings in plum-tree village by the field fence, 
children crowd around hut where Kuro sits. 
Bamboo-grass shadows on thin sliding doors 
flicker while he plays shakuhachi flute 
which enchants their hearts in silence of time. 

Voice of the river increases soft roar 
as Izumi climbs mountain trail of hope, 
wild-cherry blossoms spotting her black hair. 
White butterfly returns to thin plum branch 
as Kuro embraces his wife and cries, 
and they kiss to seal sweet silence of time. 


Beauty Of Her Hidden Pain

Beauty Of Her Hidden Pain
© Surazeus
2025 01 25

Holding the cracked stone of her wounded heart, 
Zixuan asks the tall willow by the lake 
why people ache with sorrow of the moon 
that seems to crumble into crystal snow 
swirling around her fragile flame of soul 
to erase all the ugliness of life. 

When the willow transforms into slim boy 
Zixuan offers cracked stone of her heart, 
so he accepts dark emptiness of pain 
and, kneeling by the silver lake of eyes, 
dips corrupted oval stone of despair 
to cleanse throbbing matrix of its frail frame. 

Dissolving into millions of small fish, 
the cracked stone of her heart releases flash 
of anguished passion on butterfly wings 
that flutter around her in restless swirls, 
so Zixuan reaches out both hands with awe, 
amazed at beauty of her hidden pain. 

Waking up at dawn to the alarm ring, 
Zixuan dresses and hurries out the door 
to catch the bus trundling down city streets, 
where she ponders meaning of the strange dream, 
then runs from elevator to her desk 
where she sits down just in time to begin. 

While typing numbers in spreadsheet of costs 
to calculate rate of profit and loss, 
Zixuan feels weird glow of transcendent faith 
radiate from center of the universe 
so she floats on fairy wings of desire 
to fly through maze of ever-winding time. 

"So how can I touch your time on my way 
to destiny hidden in cave of love 
where every soul who ever lived on Earth 
floats faceless in diamond eyes of my heart?" 
Zixuan softly sings as she enters values, 
and peers around to make sure no one hears. 

Sudden hear-wrenching screams of abject terror 
shock her and everyone around from work, 
so, when Zixuan sees the man fired last week 
stabbing people as he runs down the aisle, 
she grabs large accounting book with both hands 
and whacks his face so hard he falls back stunned. 

Shaking with surprise as she drops the book, 
Zixuan cries while police swarm into the office, 
then sits and catches her breath to gain calm 
when young police woman records her statement. 
Walking down to the ancient lake of eyes, 
she finds turtle of her heart healed with love. 


But One Small Creature

But One Small Creature
© Surazeus
2025 01 25

Because she can imagine in her mind 
so many possible futures of life 
unfolding before her hesitant feet 
that lead to unknown outcomes, good or bad, 
Florence stands till under the rowan tree 
and listens to the robin sing instead. 

Narrow scope of her vision at her feet 
expands forever wider from her spot 
to enclose valley of river and trees 
with vibrant wholeness now round as her eye 
till sense of vastness overwhelms her heart 
and she feels her smallness on the huge Earth. 

"How large is this Earth of mountains and vales?" 
Florence asks the robins with sense of awe, 
but they keep chirping in their little world. 
"Just as the tree is the world to the bird, 
this vale consists of everything I know, 
but I cannot see beyond far dark hills." 

"Just as the bird is small in its huge tree, 
I am but one small creature on this Earth, 
so I can stand here alone on my spot, 
safe in this meadow of familiar trees 
where I have lived my entire span of life, 
or I can explore beyond my own world." 

Staring at the river sparkling with sunlight, 
Florence ponders which direction to start. 
"The river always flows one certain way, 
so I will go with the flow of its bright dream, 
and see how far it goes until it ends, 
most likely in the world-enclosing sea." 

She follows curvaceous flow of the river 
that winds among hills in thick crowded woods, 
where she treads lightly with cautious alertness, 
then onto broad open plain of hard winds, 
where she strides quickly into glowing haze, 
stopping to eat and rest each afternoon. 

Sliding down steep grassy slope to the beach, 
Florence marches out to edge of the world 
and stands imbued with wonder of wild joy 
to see boundless waves of the swirling sea. 
"The Earth is so much bigger than I thought, 
enormous globe that floats in sea of stars." 

Startled by sight of sturdy wooden boat 
that slides onto sand, Florence greets the man 
with silver eyes who steps boldly on shore 
with net of wriggling fish and shouts with joy. 
Roasting fish on the fire as the sun sets, 
Florence and Reynard eat and sing with love. 


Friday, January 24, 2025

If David Had Failed

If David Had Failed
© Surazeus
2025 01 24

The lark sparrow hops in the grassy pond 
beside marble statue half-sunk in mud 
depicting David that Bernini carved. 
Eating ripe apple in the Texas field, 
Marie imagines if David had failed, 
killed by Goliath who unstrung his harp. 

The pond is lonely for her honesty, 
wounded by rubber tires of travesty 
so Marie throws apple core at the sky 
who wakes with grumpiness to ask her why, 
but when she points at statue of the king 
the Sky God gives her his favorite ring. 

Fierce horsemen approaches on dusty plain, 
hands grasping at wavery wisps of rain, 
so Marie mirrors to the Hungry Man 
true nature of his avaricious mind, 
"You take from people, but give nothing back, 
because kind decency is what you lack." 

Dragging statue of David from the mud, 
the Hungry Man smears the land with our blood, 
then erects idol of the Shepherd King 
killing the tyrant with his humble sling 
in the center of the Capitol Dome 
to imitate the proud Caesars of Rome. 

Standing at podium of the President, 
the Hungry Man defames the Seer of Kent. 
"David was a loser, and malcontent 
because his ego became turgescent 
and swollen with hatred, and arrogant, 
and nasty when he refused to pay rent." 

Raising her hand at the press conference, 
Marie presents several skulls of dead kings. 
"Jesus, Augustus, Krishna, Jupiter, 
Napoleon, Hitler, and Lucifer. 
These men all reigned over mankind with power 
but now they are food for the tree and flower." 

Staring in shock at the Mother of God, 
the Hungry Man hurls sharp spear at her heart, 
but she snatches it in her hand and grins. 
"Have mercy on the people in our country 
who are scared now of the hatred you bear, 
for we are all equal in sight of God." 

"Your hunger will destroy the world we love, 
so though you now possess the Golden Bough 
you will play scapegoat of the sacrifice 
that will cleanse the world with blood of the lamb." 
The Hungry Man flees in the wilderness 
where the Shepherd King defeats him with love. 


How Beautiful I Was

How Beautiful I Was
© Surazeus
2025 01 24

When the old woman in faded green dress 
asks Peter what he is doing, he sneers, 
"I am hanging out till the end of time." 
He gasps surprised when she gives a beer 
and slyly grins, "It will help to be drunk 
when the devils tear everything apart." 

Sitting together on splintered park bench, 
Peter and the old woman with gray hair 
say nothing at all while he drinks the beer. 
She laughs, "I met my husband on this bench 
just after I escaped from Buchenwald 
and sailed to England in small fishing boat." 

Staring sideways at her old wrinkled face, 
Peter chuckles and pulls down tattered sleeve 
to hide swastika tattoo on his arm. 
"My mother works at the national bank 
and I just dress like this to make her mad." 
She reaches up and tugs his spiked mohawk. 

"You are no real Nazi, you cute little putz," 
she snickers and twaddles ring in his nose, 
then leans head on his shoulder with a sigh. 
"When I was fourteen at my house in Munich, 
six Nazis broke in and beat up my father 
because he taught philosophy at Ludwig." 

Caressing his cheek as he stares surprised, 
the old woman with long scar on her face 
hugs him tightly then sighs, "They made me cook 
schnitzels and spaetzle, then each took their turn 
pretending I was his cute faithful wife, 
dressed in white lace dress with ribbons and bows." 

Clutching his left hand with bright cheerful smile, 
she makes him caress the scar on her face. 
"And on the seventh day they cut my face, 
and left me for dead, all bloodied and bruised, 
on steps of my synagogue they burned down. 
You should have seen how beautiful I was." 

Wrenching himself with horror from her grasp, 
Peter runs home and upstairs to his room 
where he shaves the mohawk with razor blade, 
scrubs the fake tattoo clean off of his soul, 
and washes in the shower for two hours, 
then dresses in his sunday suit with tie. 

Staring in shock when he walks in her office, 
Sharon mutely nods her head when her son 
applies to work as accountant or clerk, 
then cries with wonder to see him apply 
serious attention to finance spreadsheets 
that calculate fall of the British Empire. 


Noble Deeds Of Good

Noble Deeds Of Good
© Surazeus
2025 01 24

Staring into empty well of his mind, 
Zarthus focuses attention of hope 
on ghost of his ancestors who stare back 
with intense contempt of indifferent Nature 
who emerges from shadow of his faith 
as serpent woman with seductive eyes. 

Wearing mask of young police officer 
named Michael Adams, son of the town banker, 
Zarthus patrols the streets of Somewhere City 
to capture criminals, rapists, and thieves, 
who respect not the rights of other people 
to pursue happiness through liberty. 

When his father, Bank President James Adams, 
calls him on the telephone in his car 
to evict James Dunn and his family 
from their old house by the car factory 
for failing to keep up with mortgage payments, 
he knocks in their door with sad trepidation. 

Standing beside Zarthus, who wears disguise 
as good police officer who upholds justice, 
James explains, "Arnold Patterson the Third, 
best friends with your father, fired me last week 
because I am black so he can hire whites, 
so that is the reason I cannot pay." 

"You and me, we went to high school together," 
James smiles, "and played on the same football team, 
winning the championship our senior year, 
so I hope you would help me to convince 
your father to suspend payments for now 
till I can find another paying job." 

Analyzing level of social morals, 
Zarthus, Angel of Justice under Raguel, 
whispers as voice of conscience in the heart 
of Officer Michael Adams that justice 
demands he arrest the real criminals, 
the Banker and the greedy Factory Owner. 

Casting Angel of Justice from his heart, 
Officer Adams evicts the Dunn family, 
James and Rachel with their five hungry children, 
forcing them to leave the old run-down house 
with nothing but one suitcase with some clothes, 
then reports to his father at the bank. 

Deserting the promising officer 
who would have performed noble deeds of good, 
Zarthus watches him run and win election 
as Attorney General of Bannassaw, 
where he protects bankers and factory owners 
who exploit poor people for fiscal gain. 


Words Make Her Invisible

Words Make Her Invisible
© Surazeus
2025 01 24

Her words disturb the silence of the world 
so Mary puts them in the secret box 
till someone asks where she has disappeared to 
though she is standing right in front of them, 
because her words make her invisible 
except to ghosts in the mirror of love. 

Through cryptographic message of her name, 
which no one ever hears spoken aloud, 
she warns them how illusions of their world 
cannot shield their souls from reality, 
so she becomes absence that haunts their days, 
always mute in dim shadows of their fears. 

Down by the creek in endless purple rain 
where she discusses politics with frogs 
the crowd assembles from unspoken fear 
to berate her with hate of broken tongues 
the shocking fact that trees will never care 
till she assures them the sun has not died. 

Yet when the Gift Giver, dressed in red cloak, 
appears with bags of presents for them all, 
they beat him up and steal concepts of wealth 
which they find are nothing but plastic toys 
so they chase him out of town with pitchforks 
which they never use to harvest the grain. 

While she stands in the wet field by the oak, 
watching for signs of change in the still sky, 
she writes no lessons for people to learn 
in the blank book that quivers in her hand 
till it transforms into the hungry crow 
who waits patiently on the red stop sing. 

When she tries to explain to the church ghosts 
that the chandelier of famous glass masks 
has fallen from the weird celestial realm, 
they laugh and walk across the broken bridge 
to throw their sorrows in the frozen stream 
as smooth stones that clatter and roll away. 

Awake with startled curiosity, 
she gazes through the global telescope 
which lets her see grand monuments of state, 
but she adjusts the settings with the dial 
to see faces of people in each land 
but finds their names carved in their eyes with pain. 

Hoping to understand what motivates 
their casual performance of long-dead gods, 
she asks each person she meets on the road 
if they remember when the star-eyed man 
walked among them with diamonds in his hand, 
but they shake their heads, and she cries alone. 



Thursday, January 23, 2025

Puzzle Of Your Heart

Puzzle Of Your Heart
© Surazeus
2025 01 23

"If I could solve the puzzle of your heart," 
Martin frowns at portrait of Jennifer 
on the living room wall by her piano, 
"then I could see whole frame of reference 
by which you play your role of well-loved star!" 
then scatters puzzle pieces on the floor. 

"If I could hear the music of your soul," 
Jennifer smiles while her delicate fingers 
dance with elegant grace on ivory keys, 
"then I could hear andante of your hope 
so I can play in harmony of trust 
with intense sonata of your desires." 

"If they could readjust their attitudes," 
Sarah groans, lounging lazy on her bed 
and listening to songs of Taylor Swift, 
"then they could learn to communicate love 
by aligning thoughts with one metaphor 
to connect their hearts with credulous trust." 

"Stuck in tense drama of their busy lives," 
the old homeless man on their front stoop sighs 
while eating black beans from old rusty can, 
"these crazy rich people, safe in their home 
of precious art that feeds the hungry soul, 
cannot perceive the treasure of their hearts." 

Sight-reading melody of lonely angst 
in sad sonata Jennifer composed, 
Martin hears lacrimoso of her hope 
that she expressed with sweet gleam in her eyes 
the first time they strolled on the river shore 
and kissed with affettuoso by the elm. 

Assembling scherzando notes of desire 
in pastoral puzzle scene Martin designed, 
Jennifer perceives romantic respect 
that he expressed with gestures of his hands 
when she birthed their daughter in the sea cave 
during their vacation on the sail boat. 

Spying her parents dance by candlelight, 
Sarah grins at game of passionate love 
while mouthing new lyrics for the love song, 
"Autumn leaves fall like pieces into place, 
so I picture it after all these days 
how magic is back like wind in my hair." 

"I never heard the music of her heart, 
and she never solved weird puzzle of mine," 
the old homeless man mumbles in the night, 
"so I got lost in labyrinth of despair 
and cannot find my way back to her garden 
where she must be happy without me now." 


Muse Of Misty Moors

Muse Of Misty Moors
© Surazeus
2025 01 23

His breath contains strange music of the world 
when Mike breathes air of our souls in bone flute 
which arouses from graves of rattling bones 
every ghost who has ever lived on Earth, 
who swirl around him on the spotlit stage 
and haunt the audience with horror of hope. 

His hands light candles in deserted church 
as Mike prays to his muse of misty moors, 
Our Sad-Eyed Lady of One Thousand Doors, 
who whispers secret name of every soul 
alive somewhere on spinning globe of time 
who feel flame of her heart light up their eyes. 

His knees ache with decades of farming fields 
when Mike crouches to toss log in the hearth 
that crackles with seed of the sun-conceived 
at cry of shore birds on the mussel reefs, 
then cradles new-born baby in his arms 
and welcomes her to this mystical world. 

His fingers pluck dew-wet herbs from the garden 
as Mike collects eggs and berries in baskets, 
then grins to see the fluffy leveret hop 
with leaves of the fuchsia crunched by her teeth, 
then pats the tractor half-lurched in cold mud 
to enter cottage by the dragon sea. 

His eyes peer at the spinning compass arrow 
that always points the right way to perform 
role of the patriot in occupied land, 
yet Mike sets it carefully in the box 
with medals and photos of long-dead men 
shot by careless soldiers of the blind crown. 

His tongue is parched to taste delicious tea, 
so Mike fills crock with snow water of faith, 
then boils it on respectful flames to steep 
leaves of Cloud Mist Tea with just the right flow 
of sparkling water from the mountain peak, 
then sips sweet nectar of transcendent gods. 

His feet snuggle warm blanket by the hearth 
when Mike relaxes on cold wintry night 
to muse with snarky rustic grin, "My home 
is hollow between restless waves of time," 
then sips hot tea of cosmic confidence 
in his small town lit by the Milky Way. 

His hair swirls wild in morning wind of trust 
as Mike and Edna walk up stony path 
to pause among the fairy rings of friendship 
where he sings melody of faithful love 
while sitting with his wife on chilly stone 
for fifty years beside the windy pond. 


Pot Of Water

Pot Of Water
© Surazeus
2025 01 23

Face down in dirt of abject verity, 
Geb asks the cold lake rock how to make fire, 
till the hare of loneliness sniffs his nose, 
so he touches soft tip of the wheat shoot, 
and remembers spilling grains in this spot, 
so he sits up and sees wheat all around. 

Arranging stones in circle on the shore, 
Geb explains his reasoning to the hare. 
"Last time I sparked fire by clashing two stones 
those hot flames escaped control of my hands, 
but I noticed that stones limit their scope, 
so the stone circle may contain its force." 

Tending flames that crackle in evening dusk, 
Geb savors thick scent of water and mud, 
then glances up at sudden flash of light 
when crescent moon emerges from the sea, 
and floats on waves with shimmer of delight 
before ascending to the starry sky. 

Drawn by sweet scent of flowers in her hair, 
Geb watches Nut with curious intent 
as she molds thick red clay to imitate 
shape of the turtle shell that she once used 
to carry water from the sparkling stream, 
but now leaks because of some tiny cracks. 

Setting shell-shaped clay pot beside hot fire, 
Nut slowly turns it till it hardens dry, 
covers coals with rocks that glow red with heat, 
places pot hollow downward on hot rocks, 
then stacks firewood around it pointing up, 
which erupts in flames to bake the pot hard. 

After scraping ash and dust off her pot, 
Nut grins and places it flat on her head 
then walks down to the clear blue sparkling stream 
and fills it full with water to its brim, 
then, bearing it carefully on her head, 
she brings it back to their small four-pole hut. 

Setting pot of water on large flat stone 
on ring of stones above the crackling flames, 
Nut waits till water boils with bubbling pops, 
then fills it with fresh vegetables and herbs, 
topping it with yolk from six cracked egg shells, 
and hums will stirring hot stew for their meal. 

Peeling skin off the hare he cuts with blade 
of sharpened stone, Geb drops chunks in the stew, 
and smiles when they take turns lifting the pot 
to drink sweet memories of the fertile Earth, 
soft meat warming their hearts as cold rain falls, 
splattering on leaf roof that shelters their souls. 


Holy Land Earth

Holy Land Earth
© Surazeus
2025 01 23

The way we travel forward over land 
becomes ideal concept of the Road 
which functions as straight progress to our goal 
through empty space where trees no longer grow, 
so we signify with names of the dead 
advancement of our journey in our head. 

Bearing basket of berries, nuts, and eggs 
that dangles on her arm with casual joy, 
Gearthe strolls across the meadow of flowers 
from her home in small cave on the hill slope 
to the apple woods where the river flows 
so many times her feet blaze road of hope. 

Entranced by elegant grace of her being 
as she glides with confidence on her way, 
Wulfgard sits nonchalantly by large stone 
halfway between the river and her home, 
hoping to catch attention of her eyes 
by lounging as he strums the harp and sings. 

Enchanted by harmony of his voice 
that beams vision of love with charming words, 
Gearthe visits with Wulfgard by the stone 
each day after they walk along her road, 
and she cooks meals with produce he provides, 
eating together at dawn, noon, and eve. 

Bearing three children from seed of his love, 
Gearthe teaches them to explore her way 
along the roads her curious nature blazed, 
gathering food and water from apple woods, 
then weave flower wreaths in the evening glow 
as they drink cider and sing in her cave. 

Lured from their homestead by swift running deer, 
Wulfgard faces through the woods many miles, 
then bears it back to roast and smoke its meat, 
but finds their children weeping in the cave 
because three men dragged their mother away, 
so he follows the trail to find his wife. 

Approaching castle of stone on high hill, 
Wulfgard demands they free his honest bride, 
so tall man wearing gold crown with long sword 
fights contest over who will wed the girl, 
but when Wulfgard defeats the haughty king 
he pushes her out window of the tower. 

Bearing dying Gearthe home in his arms, 
Wulfgard lays her broken soul by the stone 
where she sang ballads while he strummed the harp, 
and declares, "I name this holy land Earth, 
and our children I call Gerthmanians," 
then kisses her soul as she fades away. 


Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Cute Haloed Cherub

Cute Haloed Cherub
© Surazeus
2025 01 22

Cute haloed cherub of my shadow mind 
dances as candle flame of my desire, 
brave protector of our world languages 
so everyone can understand true love 
where two people do not have to wear masks 
when they walk together on road of life. 

Cute haloed cherub of the ticking clock 
scatters seeds of revolution for truth 
in fertile soil of fate-embittered minds 
that sprout into gangsters with blasting guns 
who fight against the corporate government 
till their godfather invades the White House. 

Cute haloed cherub of chemical lust 
binds hearts of strangers with red thread of love 
who gamble with fate of the falling star 
by selling bodies to angel of wealth 
so they can build new quaint suburban home 
with television and a backyard pool. 

Cute haloed cherub of stark nothingness 
maps maze of myths in vast metropolis 
where people gather in the church of hope 
to pray for coming of the star-eyed king 
who founds world empire on the laughing skull 
where they may slave in factories of faith. 

Cute haloed cherub of the bleeding moon 
gives oranges to young lovers in the park 
who split each other open with sweet words 
to eat their juicy hearts with thirsty tongues 
till they transform into strange characters 
who star in television sitcom shows. 

Cute haloed cherub of the empty sky 
offers to fly us up to paradise 
so we board the airplane of progressive code 
that soars above Glow Cloud where no gods sing, 
then crash-lands lost on Isle of Avalon 
where we build a socialist society. 

Cute haloed cherub of the viking ship 
leads refugees from the holy crusade 
across wild ocean of the howling ghost 
on endless quest to find the Promised Land 
where we build empire of the hungry snake, 
now lost in the haunted amusement park. 

Cute haloed cherub of paradise lost 
gives me cracked mask of Lucifer to wear, 
so, high on pyramid of the one eye, 
I rule world empire of Zarathia 
based on liberty and justice for all 
who fight each other for the ring of power. 


Gulf Of Mexico

Gulf Of Mexico
© Surazeus
2025 01 22

With every wave that washes on the shore 
as laughing gulls circle our open door 
our hearts rejoice at paradise we share 
to watch free ships glide where wild angels fare. 
We sing sweet beauty of the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

Though thieves take control in the House of Power 
to worship Golden Calf in the high tower, 
our hearts hunger to sacrifice their bull 
and feast on roast beef till our souls are full. 
We lounge together in the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

If our star-spangled banner may still wave 
over paradise lost we cannot save, 
our hearts hail Light of Liberty that shines 
through gloom of tyranny veiling name signs. 
We huddle and wait for the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

Amazed by beauty of our spacious skies 
above fruited plains paved over by lies, 
our hearts confirm our soul with self-control, 
fair liberty in law our common goal. 
We join hands at flash of the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

Eager to work for our new Golden Age 
where everyone plays on the social stage, 
our hearts as one heed the clarion call 
to build liberty through justice for all. 
We march forth as one with the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

To mourn tragic fall of America 
by following Corn Goddess Onatah, 
our hearts join brave plan of Columbia 
who guides us to found free Zarathia. 
We work together in the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

Opposed to white nationalist tyranny, 
supporting rainbow world democracy, 
our hearts embrace every human on Earth 
who breathe ethereal soul of divine worth. 
We hold hands and dance at the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 

Awake with compassion for every soul 
who seeks to live their individual role, 
our hearts incorporate in nation of faith 
every person born from one Mother Wraith. 
We feast with free will in the sunrise glow 
that shimmers on the Gulf of Mexico. 


Golden Age Of Rome

Golden Age Of Rome
© Surazeus
2025 01 22

To enjoy avarice of happiness, 
Robert clutches hands of the ticking clock, 
vainly attempting to stop flow of change, 
and roots himself in jagged Earth of hope, 
but time drags his soul beyond history 
and throws him in the saurian grave of fame. 

To savor delirium of vain sureness, 
Robert knots heart with innocent guile 
to press knife-edge of faith against the future 
who mocks his anguish of splintered contempt, 
hopeless about saving his wife and child 
from trash fire of the new fascist regime. 

To raise the cross of the Crucified King, 
Robert attempts to analyze despair, 
ripping pages from holy book of lies, 
compulsory healing upending truth 
when priests declare him the mad heretic 
who builds barbwire fence around his death chapel. 

To study the lizard breathing foul smog, 
Robert declares himself, with puffing throat, 
to be the Great Lord of this universe 
where prophets sit on cliffs and swing their feet 
while watching vultures rule in the White House 
till Melusine devours them to save Earth. 

To walk in glazed moonlight of honest rage, 
Robert journeys into dark maple woods 
where herds of cows graze over graves of gods, 
drawn by unlimited desire to know 
truth about lust humans hide in their hearts 
by wearing Christian mask of charity. 

To understand lessons of history, 
Robert watches old films where Hitler shouts, 
"Make America great again over all!" 
then salutes the Fasces ax with twelve spears 
that honors this new Golden Age of Rome, 
where Red Cross soldiers trample everyone. 

To grasp beautiful fragile light of life, 
Robert intermeshes limbs of his flesh 
to incarnate fierce soul of Lucifer 
in bold rebellion against King of Greed 
who sends sycophantic minions to fight 
holy crusade against the southern horde. 

To express avarice of loneliness, 
Robert wanders across vast field of snow 
where ravens in oak trees give him mushrooms 
so he can eat the broken hearts of gods 
and wake from delirious womb of Earth 
to laugh because cruel tyrants always fall. 


Good Hero Guards

Good Hero Guards
© Surazeus
2025 01 22

Behind this social mask of my true face 
I am the emptiness of time and space, 
yet pure immortal light of our Sun God 
gleams divine consciousness in my soul pod, 
so I will shine while I am still alive, 
recording dreams that glow after I die. 

My soul is beacon of conceptual dreams 
that guides my journey along winding streams 
as I climb over obstacles of fear 
to find gem of truth in hand of the seer 
who meditates in misty mountain cave 
to translate timeless wisdom of the wave. 

Alone on mountain peak of inner sight, 
I measure city maze with moral light 
to analyze progress of human culture 
from food production to religious rapture, 
concerned when our vibrant democracy 
is crushed under greedy autocracy. 

Descending from mountain of cosmic vision, 
I return to mess of our teeming nation 
split now in two factions of civil strife 
that argue nature of the mother-wife, 
whether goddess nurtured with social care 
or oppressed house-servant that weak men fear. 

Strong men confident in their potent virtue 
treat women with respect of good purview, 
for Hero is the man who guards his wife, 
protecting her from harm with his own life, 
commissioned by Hera to honor her rights 
to live as she will, free from parasites. 

Men who try to control women are weak, 
and will never find the true love they seek, 
while men who help women grow strong with care 
will find paradise with her anywhere, 
for women generate life from our hearts 
when lovers calculate their fortune charts. 

My world view is political with hope 
that men will focus love with moral scope 
attentive to support dreams their wives cherish 
so their happy homes bloom rather than perish 
when they teach their children to live with grace 
that beams with divine beauty in their face. 

Good Hero guards his wife with honest faith 
to nurture radiance of her psychic wraith, 
so I build walls of paradise with love 
to secure our home with light from above 
when I strive to embody God in me 
as ideal spirit that sets my heart free. 


Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Secretary Of Fate

Secretary Of Fate
© Surazeus
2025 01 21

Reluctant to accept the death of hope, 
Elphaba talks to the sad antelope 
who just wants to play on the river shore, 
but angry dwarves keep shutting the red door 
which indicates their haughty attitude 
displayed toward those trapped in their fortitude. 

Considered too old to teach at the school, 
Elphaba invents new conceptual tool 
that children can use to measure the mind 
which many people argue was designed 
though she admires how she just seems to know 
ancient secrets recorded by the crow. 

Startled by how fast time seems to advance, 
Elphaba gives herself another chance 
to program how her brain perceives the world 
in grand narrative of the cosmic herald 
who appoints her Secretary of Fate 
responsible for dispelling all hate. 

Acknowledged by the people of the land, 
Elphaba decides it is time to stand 
with honest faith against the hurricane 
that devastates her home in Aquitaine, 
so she rebuilds glass church from dragon bones 
to safely house maidens, mothers, and crones. 

Contracted to paint portrait of the king 
on roof of chapel with the Broken Wing, 
Elphaba ponders the grand narrative 
that highlights reign of the executive 
who walks market streets in humble attire 
and plays guitar at the evening campfire. 

Confused by formulas of politics 
that empower the greedy with big sticks, 
Elphaba preaches socialist precepts 
based on justice and freedom as concepts 
where everyone is equal in the law, 
even those in Greenland and Panama. 

Blinded by the light of God, Truth, and Right, 
Elphaba writes weird dream code on the kite 
that flutters wings of Icarus on high, 
while she wanders lush meadows with a sigh 
that our land is controlled by criminals 
who operate through different principles. 

Wicked with energy of honest love, 
Elphaba takes me to the moon above 
where we picnic under the Tree of Truth, 
then she appoints me new messiah sleuth 
commissioned to rebuild democracy 
against corruption of autocracy. 


Retribution Of Hate

Retribution Of Hate
© Surazeus
2025 01 21

To the beautiful elegant robots 
who all adore his intellectual thoughts, 
Donald sends roses from garden of ghouls 
to show how much he despises fools 
who believe whatever the old man says 
though he always seem to flunk every quiz. 

Exercising right to party till death 
in close conjunction with the shibboleth, 
Donald stars on the television show 
where angels watch his character grow 
from comic capers of rebellious youth 
to noble gestures of messiah sleuth. 

Ascending pyramid of the mad clown 
who owns everything in the whole damned town, 
Donald wrestles fierce angel of the Lord 
till he stabs Raguel with bloody sword, 
who teaches him secret of alchemy 
so he founds new grifter academy. 

To help Lydmila rebuild her bombed home 
after she escapes invasion to roam 
random highways with no diamonds on them, 
Donald gives her lost empress diadem 
so she can reign over Russia as queen 
since she is granddaughter of Melusine. 

Reluctant to accept with honored faith 
results of election for the World Wraith, 
Donald tears doors off farmhouses and stores 
till Melusine makes him do the house chores 
as punishment for his rebellion 
in trying to be more Machiavellian. 

Humor moistens dry hearts with humid hope 
so we become humble learning to cope 
with constant disasters of fires and wars, 
which inspires Donald to settle old scores 
deep in debt to the American dream 
which he beats and strangles by desert stream. 

Sold to the highest bidder with cash, 
the Holy Book he then threw in the trash 
fools Donald into thinking with bold faith 
that he was appointed by the God Wraith 
to make America bankrupt again 
because only he is allowed to win. 

Declaring now is the new Golden Age 
of America from the global stage, 
Donald decrees retribution of hate 
against everybody who runs the state 
with intention to destroy courts of law 
so he can exploit the poor with gold claw. 


Grief They Cannot Name

Grief They Cannot Name
© Surazeus
2025 01 21

No doors of hope lead them to paradise, 
yet they walk alone on the signless road 
so when they arrive from country of fear 
they have nothing in their hands but mute death 
to give anyone who asks them for their tale, 
except arrogant grief they cannot name. 

They rise again from dust of anywhere 
when their homes are destroyed by unheard words, 
so they carry the dust of empty graves 
and spread it along the road where they walk 
forever nowhere with their loneliness 
because they leave their faces on lost doors. 

No gardens of hopes tilled by ancestral hands 
wait for them to return from nowhere else, 
but hours of sorrow are stuck in their mouths, 
so numb from anguish they cannot feel rage, 
yet they look in through windows of solitude 
to see the blame they refuse to accept. 

They try to measure how much angry air 
billows between them and the infinite sky, 
yet they never speak to anyone else 
who wander around in shadows of fear 
for their power is small as the glass bowl 
that cannot hold the tears they never shed. 

No pungent orange of juicy innocence 
exudes perfume of bodies on the ground 
that rot from hunger of exploding bombs 
because they never escape happiness 
bound inside sadness of wordless despair 
which they erect from broken bones of faith. 

They search for the city of honest peace 
but carry the broken city they lost 
in clutter rattling in bag of their hearts 
for they become the city they escape 
which haunts the bitter words they never speak 
to deny they live in exile from home. 

No beautiful bravery of tender hearts 
can still be found in blank eyes of the dead 
for their trusting faith stains alien ground 
all along their endless road of exile 
where only their shadows search for new home 
though they breathe for the sake of painful breath. 

They shelter in strange curiosity 
wherever they wake from death of the sun 
to hide their rage in new library books 
as graves that record grief they cannot name 
till their tragic lives become mournful songs 
that someone will sing on the dim-lit stage. 


Army Of The Just

Army Of The Just
© Surazeus
2025 01 21

Though her house likes to read old magazines 
about geography of distant lands 
that detail types of houses people build, 
Tammy is concerned about human rights, 
hoping to fight for the marginalized 
when she goes to join army of the just. 

Since his van likes to hang out on the beach 
and surf the gnarly waves of cyberspace 
while revving its hotrod engine with pride, 
Danny works for the First National Bank 
on secret cybersecurity team 
so he supports world army of the just. 

While his books generate conceptual worlds 
where wizards and dragons battle for truth 
till Melusine saves the world from their lust, 
Michael patrols rugged hills where terrorists hide 
as tank commander in the oil-rich land 
to play his part in army of the just. 

Since her bakery welcomes work refugees 
to safely eat hot soup and bread for lunch 
within cozy walls of her warm embrace, 
Carol packs food, clothing, and medicine 
for care packages shipped across the sea, 
eager to help feed army of the just. 

In spite of how clocks embedded in oaks 
store her memories in sad fairy tales 
that calculate disbursement of state funds, 
Karen teaches her kindergarten class 
social justice of Huckleberry Finn, 
training them to join army of the just. 

Before his piano dances on dunes 
with faith-arrogant wings of Lucifer 
for concert he plays at the Parthenon, 
Lucien visits children in hospitals 
stricken with cancer, and raises more funds 
to help resurrect army of the just. 

After his church flies on propeller wings 
to drop Bibles on jungle villages 
that explode when children find them in fields, 
Marco adjusts values on the spreadsheet 
to analyze profit and loss each year, 
hoping to evade army of the just. 

Though the crucifix boasts with humble pride 
that God chose him to start the Golden Age 
by giving him the bull of Mount Sinai, 
Brigit herds sheep on meadow by the sea 
to sing elegies for slain warriors 
who disappear from army of the just.