Ritual Of Remembrance
© Surazeus
2025 02 06

To perform ritual of remembrance well
in quiet darkness of the window light
we hide our sorrows in clear candle flame
reflected in clean mirror of our hearts
that shines shocked with unpredictable will
encased in pearl of wisdom we must share.

Through miraculous constancy of faith
we try to merge opposing force of will
in swirled cooperation of respect
that maps conceptual landscape of our love
where bounds of our alien countries meet
as sunlight in small raindrop on frail leaf.

With accidental verve of vital hope
I ascend spiral staircase of sunbeams,
built on associations of key thoughts,
that rises from substantial well of dreams
which dissipate as mist in morning light
so I hold crumbles of dirt in my hands.

Enormous dragon rising from deep sea
grips silver Saturn rocket in sharp claws
while trundling clumsily across soft sand
to explore Euclidean complexity
of brains that generate Realm of Ideas
where anything we think is possible.

Our eyes can measure with alacrity
of cheerful love for our indifferent world
impossible curves of light rays that beam
from ancient stars so far away in space
they all burned out millions of years ago
though they still twinkle in our empty sky.

Entangled in sunlight of swirling waves,
we dream beginning of our carbon souls
connecting through genetic coils of hope
in bubbling flash of hydrothermal vents
to map our quest four hundred million years
evolving from fish into wingless angel.

Bored of hot timeless heat on sandy beach,
we clash two rocks with rhythmic attitude,
and laugh with startled delight when bright sparks
of fallen stars erupt in graceful flames
which we obtain to transform soil of Earth
in vast network of computing machines.

Clear questions of desire could clarify
distorted assumptions of hungry hope
when we communicate needs we fulfill
as we seek mate to generate new life
so we continue reproducing souls
as long as Earth teems with organic life.

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Orpheus lounges on the beach with James Merrill as they discuss socio-psychology of the American Soul.

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