Tree Of Forbidden Knowledge
© Surazeus
2026 11 13

Lost in the Alpine meadow of his faith,
Phoebus bears torch of sorrow in his hand
to find the severed head of Orpheus
hanging from the Tree of Forbidden Knowledge
that sprouts from Golgotha with tangled roots
curling around the iron heart of Hades.

Holding Edelweiss flower in his hand,
Phoebus stares at the empty tower window
where Rapunzel often sang with blue birds
till she shoots arrow that plunks near his feet
while shouting in rage, "Give me liberty,
or give me death," then weeps into the grail.

Wild wind unfastens twigs from sprawling oaks
that batters soul of Phoebus in moonlight
where he asserts ambition to ascend
confounding mountain of mind obstacles,
and listens to aggressive howl of rain
to translate prophecies of loss and gain.

Forging key of happiness from diamonds,
which devils mine from grim Plutonian cave,
Phoebus returns to tower of cracked glass
and opens door to hollow room of hate
so wild-eyed Rapunzel on feline feet
leaps through time portal of his loving eyes.

Free from the social cage that trapes housewives,
Rapunzel wanders maze of city streets
past rubble of churches and palaces,
demolished by bombs from angelic planes,
and sings heart-aching sorrow of desire
to see life in rose-colored glasses of faith.

Far from the Alpine meadow of his birth,
where his aging mother brews apple cider
beneath the weeping willow of mute joy,
Phoebus watches over his aggrieved bride
who stands by fountain of uncertainty
while wearing mask of Narcissus for fun.

Glaring at people who pass by to work,
Rapunzel declares with insistent calm,
"I am not your meekly protesting ghost
who haunts your days of cruel obscenity,
sad Fantine mourning loss of long curled hair,
though I might become your Persephone."

Prolixity of arbitrary love
becomes abundant freedom to transgress
field of self-awareness through agency
won from self-indulgence of suffering,
so Phoebus builds fane on his Alpine meadow
where Rapunzel raises their child with care.

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Orpheus and Phoebus hang out by the campfire while Rapunzel and their daughter Sibylla chase butterflies in the Alpine meadow where Edelweiss bloom.

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