When Pinocchio Wakes
© Surazeus
2026 04 19

When Pinocchio wakes from peaceful dreams
of humming with cool breeze by sparkling lake,
he stares up at the bearded face of God
who sparks life in his heart with breath of love,
then helps him stand and walk on clumsy feet
so he ambulates through his own free will.

Wandering in forest of tall pine trees
that sway in dance from mountain winds of hope,
Pinocchio caresses their rough bark
with hands that sense mute spirit of their trunks,
so he breathes deep and exhales vibrant tune,
expressing visions of his mind in verse.

Ascending mountain trail to gaping cave
where faceless shadow of blind demon glows,
Pinocchio touches large diamond gem,
embedded in stone, resembling his eyes,
where he sees first flash of the universe
which animates his consciousness with love.

"Though I feel trapped in container of flesh,
attentive spirit of my conscious mind
motivates forward motion through my will
as I explore strange landscape of this world
to discover origin of my being
that pulses with atomic flash of light."

Sitting still before bearded face of God
by lake in cave of gems gleaming moonlight,
Pinocchio asks, "Who am I, and how
have I become alive with conscious hope?
I feel bright jewel of immortal soul
pulse with passion at the core of my being."

Eyes blue as sapphires, stuck in cavern wall,
gleam with joy as God looks in his eyes.
"I am Geppetto, Craftsman who carves things
from tree wood, like wagons, houses, and boats.
I am frail mortal father of your soul
for I sparked your life in womb of your mother."

Reaching callused hand with attentive care,
Geppetto caresses face of his son.
"You are lithe mountain fox of joyful play,
wounded by arrow of aggressive hate,
so I extracted jewel of your heart
to animate body of wood I made."

Removing wood mask of his faceless soul,
Geppetto reveals bright spirit of God.
"If you wear person-skin you made too long
you may forget true spirit of your heart,
but your heart will always remember who
you have been since first flash at dawn of time."

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Orpheus finds wood puppet lying lifeless in the forest grove by the river, so he inserts glowing ruby in his chest which animates Pinocchio with desire to live.

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