Chosen One Of Fate
© Surazeus
2026 03 22

Since I am not the chosen one of fate,
destined to wander wherever I choose,
I lounge with leisure by the rolling stone
that has not rolled in eighty years or more,
soft tufts of moss thick pillows for my head,
and savor joy of life till I am dead.

If I perform the chosen one of fate,
wearing gold mask of Jupiter I stole
from ancient gallery of long-dead gods,
I might win election as president,
so I can found universal health care
with money Midas stole from working hands.

Fortune deceives the chosen one of fate
by tricking me to believe I deserve
wealth my ancestors gained from hands of slaves,
so I follow Siddhartha out the door
to meditate on mountain peak of truth
till I release desire to own it all.

Though I replace the chosen one of fate
when the nine-tailed fox switches my timeline,
I achieve global fame as novelist
who chronicles quest of the common soul
to overcome suffering with brave heart,
transformed into the Superman of faith.

When I become the chosen one of fate,
trapped by obsessive passion to be real,
I stand on stage of dancing skeletons
to sing in theater of the absurd
satires depicting tyrants who steal light
and strut around as if they own the world.

Assistant to the chosen one of fate,
I type their stories on keyboard to code
dramatic plays for television screens
depicting humble heroes of our land
who fight for justice and freedom for all
who dwell in fertile land of Zathamar.

Averse to play the chosen one of fate,
when Galadriel rises from Lake of Dreams
and gives me shining sword Excalibur
with mission to guard vales of Avalon,
I kneel and pledge my heart to her command
then judge at Gates of Eden day and night.

Because I am the chosen one of fate
in glorious pageant of my daydream play,
I run through maze of myths past fallen gods
to guard the Tree of Knowledge from cruel thieves
who bulldoze Garden of Eden to build
shopping mall and church with vast parking lots.

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Orpheus paints portraits of every person who has played the chosen one of fate in the never-ending pageant of human history.

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