I Hear Crickets Singing
© Surazeus
2025 09 13

Now that the soul-shooter has been revealed
to be the vampire shadow of their fear
they should apologize to everyone
they demonized as being responsible,
for we are innocent of their vile charge,
yet they would rather eat dirt and spit wind.

I hear crickets singing in the grim night
when all is quiet in my neighborhood
where ravens gather in tall creaking oaks
to chat about fierce wars that humans fight
over who has the inalienable right
to live without harassment in this land.

Their shadows gleam among indifferent trees,
the people forced to flee land of their birth,
as they wander lost in the wilderness
far from the garden where they mothers sang
before their bodies crumbled into dust
that feeds the fruit trees blooming in sunlight.

When hungry gang of thieves ambush Du Fu
and run away with bags of food he bought,
he cries out to the cold indifferent sky
that sends wind to batter his fragile home
so his young children have nothing to eat
while the king feasts well in palace of power.

Though nationalists declare this land is theirs
because they conquered it centuries ago,
and try to chase all newcomers away,
they will exhaust themselves screaming in hate
till their bitterness dissolves into misery
so the rest of us can live on in peace.

People from every land across the sea
gather together in land of the free
to share stories of their tortuous quests
how they escape fascist dictatorships
and join their hearts in democratic cause
where every person lives through liberty.

Our Goddess of Liberty still stands tall
with Lamp of Truth shining bright in the gloom
to luminate laws of equality
providing framework for constructive deeds
so we confirm our soul with self-control
that sustains liberty within the law.

We all dwell together in this great land,
united in cause of justice for all
as we fight against exploiters and thieves
to protect each other through empathy
so every person breathing air of truth
may thrive with faith in dignity and love.

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Orpheus leads the people in fight against oppressors to establish social system where every person is equal in justice and opportunity.

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