First Flash of Love
© Surazeus
2025 12 31

From darkness of the swirling sea we rise
on wings of breath stirred by desire to live
and stretch our aching body to the skies
then hide in safe haven of the dream cave
where we meditate on first flash of love
that animates our minds with light above.

We crawl along the diamond river bed,
grasping at future gifts with hopeful hands
to realize bright vision in our head
where we dwell peacefully in fertile lands
to worship spirit from first flash of love
that lifts our spirits to Heaven above.

We slither from assertive lake of fear
and race through maze of tangled apple trees
to escape cruel greed of the puppeteer
by leaping freely with reviving breeze
to transcend sorrow with first flash of love
that turns our faces to star-face above.

With each new turn of Earth in void of light
we gather in ring of diamonds to sing
with frantic laughter that dispels mute fright
while dancing to play demon with one wing
then wake from terror with first flash of love
that conjures one-eyed sun god high above.

Ascending tangled canopy of trees,
we swing ten thousand miles on curling tails
to measure mountain rivers to vast seas
across wasted deserts to fruited vales
to seek heart treasure from first flash of love
so we can translate weird spell of the wave.

Evolving quadrupedal form of life
four hundred million years of urgent faith,
we transform fish to god through brutal strife
till we believe in guidance of the wraith
to grow in progress with first flash of love
by building ziggurat from shadow cave.

Attending hymn that Mother Ishtar sings,
we dream creation of the universe
when big bang spirals through galactic rings
till planets nurture creatures with the force
to mold our bodies from first flash of love
so we kneel and pray in cathedral nave.

As wingless angel questing for the Grail
we seek salvation through strict discipline
that channels lustful energy through scale
from Bacchus to Phoebus when we begin
to comprehend truth in first flash of love
that fuels our journey cradle to the grave.

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Orpheus guides soul of humanity steps of evolution in pilgrimage to climb Ziggurat of Ur where Ishtar recites song of creation to celebrate the new age of Aquarius.

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