Lake Of Dancing Wolves
© Surazeus
2025 05 17

Disturbed by how fast Death claims human souls,
Juturna watches television shows
about life in the ancient Land of Oz
where elves build palaces of dreams from snows
that never cease swirling from weeping moons
which hang as mirrors on black starless skies.

Each time she returns to scene of the crime
to find conceptual evidence of fate,
Juturna lingers on the ocean shore
till Arion arrives from end of time
on star-leaping dolphin of Zathamar
to give her golden apple of the sun.

Running together in the river grove
from horde of assassins wearing black masks,
young lovers search for somewhere safe to hide,
till they find cave where Plato waves glass wand
to teach them secrets of the universe,
so shy Juturna kisses Arion.

Unsure of how he feels about her heart,
Juturna strides across the windy plain
to weave fantastic visions from green rain,
so Arion chases shadow of hope
to find her on solemn Cliffs of Moher
where he explains to her how he much cares.

Determined to escape the falling bombs
that blast all fantasies to kingdom come,
young lovers drive highway of singing skulls
till they arrive at lake of dancing wolves
where they build temple to the Faceless God
whose apple trees sprout from the fertile sod.

Back to reality on fairy wings,
Juturna flies home safe to Illinois
where she shows photos of her time in France
to strangers on the street she meets by chance,
till secret agents of the government
arrest her for tricking the president.

Alone on mountain of the burning bush,
Arion ponders social provenance
that sparks the rise of prophets who give voice
to grievance of the people sore oppressed
who dare revolt against the status quo
to favor equal rights for every soul.

Deported to the Isle of Avalon,
Juturna reunites with Arion
by lake where snowy egrets flap their wings,
then holding hands they sit on wooden porch
to watch empire of America fall
so Zarathia can rise on Phoenix wings.

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Orpheus and Ophelia visit Juturna and Arion at their home in the forest on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.

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