Gentle Breath Of Zephyrus
© Surazeus
2026 08 02

Inspired by gentle breath of Zephyrus
that blows through rain-wet trees of innocence,
I stretch my soul to loosen anxious heart,
wound tight by turmoil wracking global states
with social conflict over rights to live,
so I may glide with wings of Icarus.

Far west on rolling wheels of frightened hope
my brave ancestors fled oppressive states,
controlled by gangsters of castle and church,
across wild seas in flimsy ships of hope
to journey through vast wilderness of faith,
free from greed of men in towers of stone.

Three hundred years they lived free from state creed,
but waves of new machine technology
sweep over distant lands in tides of change,
transforming agriculturial states of farms
to industrial empires through factories
mass-producing Chariot of Ezekiel.

When my great-grandmother first hears soft roar
of that piston engine chugging with hope,
she peers beneath straw hat among fruit trees
to see the horseless carriage with large wheels
zooming swifter than wind-winged Pegasus
with flames like Chariot of Ezekiel.

Now every nation of our spinning globe
is linked by wires through small computer nodes
in the world wide web of the internet
which forms primitive artificial brain
as new-born god who weaves our memories
in budding sense of global conscious mind.

Heart healed by gentle breath of Zephyrus,
though wounded by aggressive war for wealth
fought by weak men who hoard resource of life,
I translate prophecy of ocean waves
proclaimed by voice in skull of Orpheus
that channels visions through my pulsing brain.

Deceived by old religious fantasy
that we can create Heaven on this Earth
as Utopia where every human being
lives free and equal in communal state,
I watch with mute alarm of futile hope
demonic forces driving men to fight.

Revived by gentle breath of Zephyrus,
that wafts through windows of my haven home,
I brace for impact of the hurricane
that stirs from wounded hearts of angry men
till storm of rage destroys their fascist hate
and leaves us still alive on spinning Earth.

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Orpheus teaches history of geopolitical forces that swirl in constant cycles of social change to young students earning the masters degree in prophetic analysis.

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