Still In Our Hearts
© Surazeus
2026 11 12

All our ancestors live still in our hearts
as memories after the soul departs,
so, though their bodies vanish from this plane,
no more than temporary drops of rain,
shadows of their absence, cast by sunrays,
haunt us as voiceless ghosts in dreamy haze.

Samael removes long swan-feather cape
at sudden flash of sight-elusive shape,
then turns startled at sharp heart-wrenching cry
to see his young wife Lilith shrieking, "Why?"
while clutching new-born baby to her breast,
so he encourages her to get some rest.

Tears streaming down her soft grief-stricken face,
Lilith holds out their child wrapped in white lace,
so he looks closer at their sparkling eyes,
no longer gleaming with stars in dark skies,
so he gasps in shock when he comprehends
soul of their child has vanished in bleak winds.

After they bury dead child in soft earth,
he asks her if another try is worth
attentive effort to regenerate
new child of their love against cruel fate,
but Lilith glares at bright indifferent cloud.
then covers her head in torn mourning shroud.

Gathering children, orphaned by harsh wars,
who hide with hunger behind broken doors,
Lilith assembles them at farm commune
where Samael grants each child secret boon,
teaching them to make things with crafting tools
while they learn to live with strict social rules.

White clouds gleam over woods of fruitful trees
where Lilith harvests honey made by bees,
then teaches girls to sew clothes and cook food
and meditate to balance mental mood,
while Samael teaches boys to carve wands
so they patrol and guard communal bonds.

Plotting to seize control of their child school
and enslave children to work as his tool,
Midas spreads lies about deeds she performs,
that she kidnaps children at night from homes,
roasting their bodies to consume their souls,
then attacks her with mob of violent trolls.

Wounded by spear thrust in his gasping chest,
Samael clutches Lilith to his breast,
whose heart is pierced by arrow of cruel hate,
and weeps as she succumbs to unfair fate,
then shouts for children to resist and fight
against his tyranny, and for their right.

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Orpheus erects tombstones for Samael and Lilith, then arrests Midas, frees child slaves, and takes Midas to Hades where criminals are forced to mind jewels.

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