Remember Paradise I Lost
© Surazeus
2026 01 19

Though eight billion people inhabit Earth,
each one speaking their own language of hope,
I sit in voiceless silence of my home
where I hear voices of the countless dead
relate traumatic events of their lives
while I record their names in book of myths.

One more step on the bridge of silent song
takes me beyond the bounds of paradise
where people crowd vast maze of open doors
that open to worlds of the multiverse
where every human lives on their own globe
which all swirl together in our One Earth.

Iced pond smooth as silver eye of the witch
reflects face of the angel without wings
who falls to Earth from cloud of Jupiter
and springs to life in body of my soul
so I remember paradise I lost
which I recreate in Heaven on Earth.

Bright city of marble temples and halls
that shines on summit of Acropolis,
from which Athena reigns with sword of truth,
projects world view of brave democracy
based on justice and liberty for all
which always triumphs over tyranny.

With map Gerardus Mercator designed
I sail bold ship across the seven seas
by navigating straight line shore to shore
to explore and colonize fertile lands
assimilated in one world empire
founded on Platonic Realm of Ideas.

Somewhere on Earth with face no one can see
one mortal human through humble respect
embodies spirit of the Architect,
divine Craftsman who programs our world view,
managing world food-production machine
with clear analysis of human needs.

Tiresias explains in simple terms
recurring world cycle of social change
where we keep running faster every day
in fierce competition to control land
producing food for everyone to eat
so I open my door to welcome Death.

When I remember paradise I lost
by molding metal of bright meteors
into piston engine of time machines
which I drive through maze of forgotten myths,
I chronicle history of human life
while sitting in ghostless church of the past.

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Orpheus preaches sermons on philosophy in the ghostless church of the pass in the largest town on Greenland.

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