Ten Thousand Doors Of Fate
© Surazeus
2026 08 05

Though evening light fades gold in silent trees
I listen for soft voices of the dead
who tell me how their sorrows give them strength
so I walk through ten thousand doors of fate
to realign the universe of books
within vast frame of ever-shifting truth.

When she first sees him by the river shore
restringing long yew bow of honesty,
Cassandra feels her heart become the hawk
that soars in wings of freedom in gold clouds,
so she declares to Sagittarius
that their love will endure beyond the moon.

Because no one believes her prophecies,
nor understands weird secret of her code,
Cassandra carves runes on tablets of wood
then burns them in the hearths of humble homes
where poor hardworking people preserve hopes
in clay jars molded from dry bones of gods.

Despite success in temple hunting games
shooting huge winged demons from the sky,
Sagittarius hides dark thoughts of faith
for bold ambitious plan to climb high ranks
and earn grand seat in high society
within great council of the Elohim.

When her brother finds apple Eris gave
as gift where he can choose his cosmic fate,
Cassandra warns him with strange voice of doom
that great towers of Ilium will burn
because he chooses love instead of wisdom,
but he ignores her warning with snide sneer.

When cruel Pyrrhus Achillides attempts
to kidnap sweet Cassandra from her room
and force her to bear child of his false pride,
Sagittarius shoots arrow of love
that wounds his soul and causes him to flee,
so Son of Cronus saves his bride from shame.

Warm sunlight gleams on apples wet with dew
that rustle inside walls of careful faith
where Cassandra teaches their daughter, Phoebe,
how to brew cider spiced with cinnamon,
while Sagittarius teaches their son,
Saturnus, how to tame the skittish horse.

When Phoebe and Saturnus see their parents
snuggling together on the river shore,
they smile and tiptoe to preserve their peace,
then blush when they see them kiss with sweet love,
and never speak about the fall of Troy
while they hold hands in glow of paradise.

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Orpheus helps Phoebe and Saturnus prepare surprise party for gray-haired Cassandra and Sagittarius to celebrate their thirty-year anniversary.

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