Wings Of Earnest Hope
© Surazeus
2025 10 26

Because time flies on wings of earnest hope
Minerva stands still on the windless rock
and gazes over fields of skeletons
that wander circles among fruitless trees
and wail with sorrow at vanishing clouds
for beauty to bless life with joyful play.

Ignoring soft alarm on broken clock,
Melody leans on dusty window sill
and watches pine trees flutter in cold wind
that shift enough to reveal tall glass towers
where seagulls flock at harbor of Seattle
framed by sleeping volcano of Takoma.

Four thousand years of endless spinning time
links golden thread of genes between their hearts
as two young woman born in one bloodline
consider nature of our conscious brains
expressed through faces of our yearning minds
to savor pleasure of feeling alive.

This world teems with existing beings of light
who seek to progress past entanglement
while trudging through dark pathless woods of fear
till we discover grove of apple trees
that gleam in sunlight on the river shore
where we construct safe haven of stone walls.

Erecting wall of stones with blistered hands,
Minerva breathes ethereal soul of hope
as she envisions soul-protecting hall
where children learn tales of humanity
that moralize our failure and success
through tragedy and comedy of deeds.

Alone at the quiet library desk,
Melody types essay on her laptop
to define good economic programs
based on analysis of data points
that prove hypothesis of deep research
presenting ways to increase wealth for all.

Leading army of tooth-born warriors,
Minerva charges up ziggurat steps
to fight dictatorship of elite greed
in battle to drive King Midas from power
and free the people of the world to live
through equal justice of communal faith.

Stepping off the bus in downtown Seattle,
Melody adjusts wings of earnest hope
she made from blueprints Icarus designed,
and joins protesters marching maze of streets
in brave defiance against tyranny
to protect and nurture democracy.

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Orpheus speaks to the crowd of No Kings protesters to declare that we will never allow any tyrant to impose dictatorship of authoritarian monarchy over our democracy based on liberty and justice for all.

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