Pierrot And Persephone
© Surazeus
2026 03 16

I steal idol of God when I realize
Persephone falls in love with Pierrot
since she adjudicates how angels fly
by driving cars on highways of desire
through thunderstorm of global social change,
so she gives him pomegranate to eat.

While he wanders metropolitan maze
from sea to shining sea of broken dreams,
Pierrot gives mask to every soul he meets
so they can wear his face with honest pride,
then he grows another face from despair
that mirrors how each faceless human feels.

While she administers prison of fear,
preparing hell-loop punishment of pain
for each soul lost in delusions of hope,
Persephone waits on soft leather couch,
sipping wine and watching comedy shows,
for Pierrot to find his way to her heart.

When we gather for the Spring Festival
in Temple of Artemis by Dream Lake,
Persephone brings food to every table
so we feast and share our stories with strangers,
then listen with reverence of solemn faith
when Pierrot plays the lyre of Mercury.

Just as Pierrot, with lyre of Mercury
he found in cave of illusions in Hades,
arrives at jeweled gates of paradise,
Petrus judges he may not enter Heaven
because he cares for all souls lost in time,
so faceless clown of the moon weeps in silence.

Each drop of water sloshing on this globe
of ours that spins in starless void of hope
has animated billions of conscious souls
through four hundred million years of evolution,
so tear of Pierrot that stains Book of Fate
rewrites false judgement of Petrus with blood.

Ascending Stairway to Heaven with faith,
Pierrot enters Temple of Artemis
and kneels before Persephone at dawn
to give her mask he wove from dreams of love,
so they attend grand ball of shining gods,
and dance while Phoebus directs the orchestra.

Amazed with joy, we love to watch unfold
romance of Pierrot and Persephone
as symbol for state of our world today,
Mute Weeper in love with Guardian of Ghosts
who win awards for suffering they endure
with names we write in fairy tales of faith.

surazeus.blogspot.com/2026/03/…

Orpheus writes new play for Pierrot and Persephone to perform on stage in Temple of Artemis to celebrate the birth of the sun.

#Poetry #Poem #Pastoral #Necropastoral #MetaModernism #Transrealism #NewSublimity #NewRomanticism #AmericanDream #Cinemism #Existentialism #Surrealism #NegativeCapability #NewGnosticism #MetaRealism #NewTranscendentalism #Astarism