Woke In The Anxious Zone
© Surazeus
2026 05 14

Woke in the anxious zone of my bruised heart,
mind twisted by healing wisdom of rainbows,
I gather ghosts of children killed by bombs
so they can assemble puzzle of dreams
from fragments of distempered photographs
that conceal immortal soul of their genes.

Woke in the anxious zone of dancing homes,
doors flapping wild as wings of Icarus,
I number every home on signless roads
that all lead to ziggurat of Ishtar
where she designs new masks for us to wear
when we perform our role in game of life.

Woke in the anxious zone of wordless books,
soaked black with blood of people killed in wars,
I organize in conceptual framework
every trope based on character and scene
that stereotypes our personalities
in standard plotlines where everyone dies.

Woke in the anxious zone of flashing bombs,
unspooled by formulas of righteous prayer,
I support United Nations of Earth
based on justice and liberty for all
through equal opportunity from birth
for every soul to optimize their skills.

Woke in the anxious zone of radio ghosts,
brains buzzing voices of demonic faith,
I chat with every person in the world
to understand strange motives of their hands
concerned with shaping thoughts in clever toys
when sorrow challenges our right to love.

Woke in the anxious zone of humming trees,
designed to conjure fruit of sacred truth,
I translate riddles of the Eyeless Snake
who whispers code I forge in key of jokes
so I can open box Pandora made
where my heart flutters arrogant wings.

Woke in the anxious zone of singing skulls,
crystal egg of draconic fortitude,
I join justice squad that Orpheus leads
with Apollo and Hamlet to detect
crimes committed by greedy oligarchs
so we administer justice on Earth.

Woke in the anxious zone of my glass eyes,
that beam time-animated globe of Earth,
I cartograph whole history of mankind
to analyze rise and fall of great empires
till we create Heaven that unites all
in vain attempt to manage civil strife.

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Orpheus holds up skull of Jupiter and contemplates how death takes down even the most powerful god-man who obtains power through being a cruel bully.

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