Illusions Of Superior Pride
© Surazeus
2026 10 12

Inspired by calm of stone immortal gods
that dwell in grand museums of lost faith,
I walk the melting road of anywhere
to play my own role in wild game of life
with sculptured heart of greatness that provides
urgent compassion for people I meet.

Inspired by quicker wisdom of the Earth
that surges through my fragile frame of flesh,
I ask disputed shades of long-dead gods
if they can teach me how to understand
what people need to strengthen weaknesses
so they rise from their sorrow with new hope.

Inspired by treatises of hungry hope
that drive us to evolve as we seek truth,
I frame tall trees in my sunlit backyard
with eerie atmosphere of one strange day
that radiates from my childhood with strange truth
when goddess of the rock appeared to me.

Inspired by glimmer of your thoughtless eyes
that watch me draw hope from harsh misery,
I range through shadows of blind cherubim
that hover over us in city maze
with dreadful beauty of the winter wind
that strips illusions of superior pride.

Inspired by her apocalyptic tongue
that writes new scripture for these shocking times,
I doubt the cold success that Heaven beams
through contemplation of our mortal lives
framed by immortal process of soul growth
so we restore our sabotaged free will.

Inspired by leased certificates to lust
that wound our hearts with libertarian faith,
I raise my hands to mindless cloud of God
and prophesy brave deeds through epic tales
that mirror fractured fantasies we grasp
as tides of change disrupt our way of life.

Inspired by swagger of the haughty fool
who crowns himself new king of nowhere else,
I ride calm horse across the countryside
with fierce compassion of neurotic love
though our world view diminishes from hate
that seizes hearts of souls abused by greed.

Inspired by sensual passion of fruit trees
that roar with horror when human tribes fight,
I draft new litany of conquered lands
which I observe from high Parthenon throne,
to redesign world empire of true faith
based on equal justice for everyone.

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Orpheus watches the evening news and laughs at absurdity of the current apocalypse from which a new world order of justice for all will emerge.

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