Brave Savior of Scythia
© Surazeus
2025 02 28

Less subtle than bombs blowing up our homes
are sensitive boys in crowded bookstores
softly reciting love poems by dead angels
while they gaze longingly at their first love
who picks flowers in lush meadow of skulls
that sing about the rise and fall of empires.

When Volodomyr stumbles to his knees,
beset on both sides by bullies with guns,
David gives him his slingshot and smooth stone,
so Zelenus stands on his feet again
to face Pluto and Midas with brave courage,
emboldened by support to fight Goliath.

When despair grips Zelenus with cold hands,
as he pushes forward against harsh storm,
his heart is lifted by the glorious sight
of blue skies shining over gold wheat fields
where Scythia, Goddess of our star-eyed tribe,
descends on wings of fire to give him strength.

Though far away across the Atlantic Ocean,
where I now dwell in Appalachian Hills,
my heart still grows as white viburnum flowers
beneath the great oak tree of Mother Scythia
that bows heads over Borysthenius River
with heartache for good people killed in war.

When Zelenus runs exiled in oak woods,
hunted by cruel warriors of greedy Pluto,
Anahita, daughter of Borysthenes,
gives him fresh water from Fountain of Hope
that fills his heart with courage to stand tall
and renew our fight against tyranny.

Dancing gracefully in field of sunflowers,
Anahita brings basket of ripe apples
for soldiers who defend their motherland
against cruel invaders who kidnap children
whose voices whisper in the weeping wind
with desperate hope to return home again.

Just as David defeated cruel Goliath,
Aeneas defeated arrogant Turnus,
and Beowulf defeated vicious Grendel,
so Zelenus, brave Savior of Scythia,
will defeat the greedy dictator Pluto
though Midas refuses to help him fight.

Zelenus, brave Poet of Patriotism,
strides with Minerva, Queen of Liberty,
to rally freedom-loving people of the world
in our noble fight against tyranny
as we support global democracy
which sustains United Nations of Earth.

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Orpheus stands with Zelenus and the people of Ukrainian Scythia against the bullies Pluto and Midas.

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