New Lamp Of Diogenes
© Surazeus
2026 06 15

Though the world grows dark from cruel tyranny
through oppression of greedy oligarchs
who have seized power in grand halls of state,
I shall walk forth on signless road of fate
bearing the new Lamp of Diogenes
so we can unite to fight against hate.

With pompous heart of King Lear on the heath,
commiserating with wretches of fate
pelted by pitiless storm of despair,
I raise my wounded soul up from the ground
to bear the new Lamp of Diogenes
and prove the Heavens are just to the wronged.

Concerned about weird state of world affairs,
corrupted by gangs of exploitive thieves,
I take clear measure of humanity
to analyze chess games of global power,
then bear the new Lamp of Diogenes
to find the honest leader we can trust.

Through knowledge of suffering people endure
I transform pity to attentive grace
by looking in my heart of eager faith
so I may know what vision to invent,
beamed by the new Lamp of Diogenes,
that luminates our way to paradise.

When sunlight coils saturation of loss
by folding feathered swirls of timeless truth,
my heart shall annotate redacted code
that could obliterate our spectacle
tuned by the new Lamp of Diogenes
so we surf endless waves of social change.

Though I do not know name of every soul
who lives in every land of spinning Earth,
I know we share same dreams of love with hope
for we are neighbors in opposing states,
tricked by the new Lamp of Diogenes
to believe we all can achieve world peace.

Around bright campfire of our global faith
we gather with lost refugees of fate
when tyrants bomb our homes to steal our land,
then feast and sing with faith in loyal trust
forged by the new Lamp of Diogenes
as light that guides our quest to nurture love.

With lion heart of courage we shall walk
with Sharbat Gula on long road of fear,
enduring cruel vicissitudes of fate,
for her green eyes of wisdom glow with faith,
sparked by the new Lamp of Diogenes
to dispel darkness of cruel tyranny.

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Orpheus photographs young girl in refugee camp whose green eyes glow with ancient wisdom of the suffering soul who seeks beauty in a war-torn world.

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