Stageless Cape Of Fame
© Surazeus
2025 11 21

Sometimes I like to stop and speculate
on why my face appears on mirror moon
as flame-contorting ghost of innocence
that beams demonic energy of faith
through psychic prism of my dreaming brain
so I reinvent who I am today.

While I stroll casually down city street
in crooked urban zone of food cafes
I shroud my soul in stageless cape of fame
to hide blank nothingness of my real self
behind mask of the wizard that I wear
because I pretend no one else exists.

Delusion that my existence in flesh
vibrates with divine consciousness of stars
beams brilliant as lamp of Diogenes
exposing plain fact that no honest man
walks anywhere in urban maze of greed
so I pretend I care not for their lies.

Assigned to paint on brick wall of the square
complex mural depicting characters
who represent soul of America,
I wake my mind with vision of bold strife
social heroes perform on crowded streets
when they fight for lawful right to live well.

No matter race or creed each person plays
based on genetic code of mental sight
we all share grand stage of America
to solve dramatic tensions of each tribe
contending to erase our differences
and live through principle of liberty.

When gangs of thugs with black face masks and guns
attempt to deport natives of this land
to clear space for invaders to live free,
we band together with plan to protect
every person working to create wealth
in honest labor for the common good.

As I walk through vast maze of human myths
to relive strange historical events,
I find my true self, forged in flames of fear,
emerge with courage of communal strength
to help each other live free in this land
that nourishes our souls with holy wind.

So when sudden forces of social change
spur me to rise from teeming crowd of loss,
I stride from grave with stageless cape of fame
and strum the lyre of Mercury and sing
inspiring anthem of national pride
to follow Onatah in march for truth.

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Orpheus presents Onatah as spirit of the new America from which we construct global society where every person is equal in justice and liberty.

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