Empty Of Clock Sorrow
© Surazeus
2026 10 06

Empty of clock sorrow that could obscure
clang of church bells in the merry hollow,
Silvanus prances through ten thousand doors
to crack his heart on stages smeared with blood,
then wanders home to lounge beneath the willow
and ask the starling for romantic cure.

Having struck the richest gold vein of truth
in sunless mine of human memories,
Silvanus weaves from tangled nerves of fear
ten thousand tapestries of world events
presenting humble people as great heroes
who mimic messiahs on talking burros.

Eager to learn how to play grand piano
with brave Bavarian fury of the storm,
that Ludwig performs when he wrestles angels,
Silvanus leaps with outspread arms of joy
in flower meadow of the honey bee
to play President in Land of the Free.

Exiled from Heaven for stealing our hearts
with scathing mockery of the haughty king,
Silvanus hosts midnight feast for the elves
when he strums lyre of Mercury and sings
about mysterious people with star eyes
who secretly dwell in covenant burrows.

Struck by weird inspiration of glass gods
whose brains refract confused divinity,
Silvanus falls in love with the Lost Princess
who rises from toilet cleaner to queen
and rules with fierce justice of innocence
over wanderers in ten thousand boroughs.

If given the chance to go back in time,
teleported three thousand years before,
Silvanus would choose to dwell in the Alps
where spirit of his father Silvus wakes
beside star-eyed lake in high mountain vale
when he builds fane for his bride to dwell safe.

Mind cluttered with fragments of memories,
lived by his ancestors ten million years,
Silvanus slowly twirls while breathing wind
to practice martial arts through meditation
till he gains power of the stealthy wolf
who builds army from refugees of war.

When ten thousand starlings swoop from Glow Cloud
with message scrolls from angels in glass towers,
Silvanus reads in swirl of their wild flight
new age of freedom and justice for all
rising from hearts of people who desire
all nations of Earth unite in one faith.

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Orpheus visits Silvanus and his bride Flora in their fane by Lake Garda where he plays violin while she sings heart-aching melody of passionate faith.

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