Blue Crane Of Longevity
© Surazeus
2025 05 30

Riding the blue crane of longevity,
I fly high over Kunlun Mountain peaks
and land by jade waters of Lake Heihai,
then climb secret trail past the tiger cave
through orchard where Peaches of Wisdom bloom
to Sapphire Palace beneath Whirlwind Peak.

Attending banquet in the jeweled hall,
I offer gift of my heart with respect
to Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West,
who accepts Emerald Tablet from my hand,
then takes Big Dipper from the starry sky
and fills my grail with honey-spiced peach wine

While Zhongli Quan strums strings of the guzheng
that vibrates bright from the Grand Empty Space,
Wijimu Infinite Mother of Life
dances gracefully across the rainbow
to scatter sparkling rain on fields of crops
where farmers celebrate with grateful songs.

At sudden blast of swirling mountain wind
the two-horned dragon-bodied Qilin horse
emerges from pine woods on flaming wings
and gallops with thunderous elegance
in Sapphire Palace to bow before throne
where Xi Wangmu offers ripe peach to eat.

Strange vision glows before our dreaming eyes
that plays dramatic scenes on wall of mirrors
foretelling birth of the new world-famed sage
who will arrive during the great world war
to help us overthrow nationalist tyrants
and create United Nations of Earth.

Returning to my home in Okoni,
nestled in lush foothills of Appalachia,
I offer cracked corn to the blue-winged crane
who gives me scroll with fifty thousand songs,
then bows and soars into the silver clouds
with blessings from the heart of Xi Wangmu.

Though dream of America seems to fade
from ideal state where every human being
is treated equal under one fair law,
threatened by white nationalist supremacy,
I will nurture growth of Zarathia
where every person in the world lives free.

Inspired by Xi Wangmu, Mother of Earth,
who offers soul-nurturing Peach of Wisdom
for every human living on this Earth
to savor pleasure and beauty of life,
I work to build our new America
based on Liberty and Justice for all.

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Orpheus and Ophelia bow before Xi Wangmu in Sapphire Palace, then he plays lyre of Mercury and she sings hymn to praise Mother of Earth.

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