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Truth-Wounded Heart

Ten thousand waves crash against island rocks,
adjusting righteous order of door locks
with broken masks of arrogant disdain
that reflect spirits of humans in rain
who give each other stones

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surazeus.blogspot.comTruth-Wounded Heart Truth-Wounded Heart © Surazeus 2025 04 04 Ten thousand waves crash against island rocks, adjusting righteous order of door locks with b...

Mindless Winds Of Hope

While I gaze at the shy flowers of Earth
that bloom in the Georgia spring-evening heat,
I want to cherish beauty of wild Nature
and forget about the greed of mankind,
ignoring how the man who

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surazeus.blogspot.comMindless Winds Of Hope Mindless Winds Of Hope © Surazeus 2025 04 04 While I gaze at the shy flowers of Earth that bloom in the Georgia spring-evening heat, I ...
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Soul Of My Ancestor

In my heart I feel soul of my ancestor
wise Puritan Poet-Witch Anne Bradstreet
who sailed the ocean blue in Sixteen Thirty
to write magic spells in the misty woods
where ghosts of Massachusetts

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surazeus.blogspot.comSoul Of My Ancestor Soul Of My Ancestor © Surazeus 2025 04 04 In my heart I feel soul of my ancestor wise Puritan Poet-Witch Anne Bradstreet who sailed the...

Church Of Money

Near the end of the way things always were,
were gather our memories in suitcases
and walk together on the signless road,
then stop beside the river of the dead
and build new homes from fantasy of

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surazeus.blogspot.comChurch Of Money Church Of Money © Surazeus 2025 04 03 Near the end of the way things always were, were gather our memories in suitcases and walk togeth...

Ballet Of Falling Bombs

While star-eyed Clementine, spirit afloat
in surging tides of liquidated dreams,
sings heart-enchanting elegies of faith
for limbless children dancing in fire smoke,
Death films her graceful

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surazeus.blogspot.comBallet Of Falling Bombs Ballet Of Falling Bombs © Surazeus 2025 04 03 While star-eyed Clementine, spirit afloat in surging tides of liquidated dreams, sings he...

Giants Of Jotunland

Aggressive valence of unspoken words,
which measures combining capacity
of strict conceptual meanings we create,
expands our world view through experience
to incorporate universal truths
within

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surazeus.blogspot.comGiants Of Jotunland Giants Of Jotunland © Surazeus 2025 04 03 Aggressive valence of unspoken words, which measures combining capacity of strict conceptual ...

Punk-Girl Fashion

Tooting pipes in the deserted train station,
Pan prances down pink fractured marble stairs
in cluttered ruins of the Playboy mansion
to proclaim with joy how much he admires
her post-apocalyptic

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surazeus.blogspot.comPunk-Girl Fashion Punk-Girl Fashion © Surazeus 2025 04 03 Tooting pipes in the deserted train station, Pan prances down pink fractured marble stairs in c...

Stuck In Social Delusion

Based on deified eyeness of my tongue,
my brain reprograms theology puzzles
when clouds revoke my license to express
precise concepts trapped in caves of confusion
visible to death who

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surazeus.blogspot.comStuck In Social Delusion Stuck In Social Delusion © Surazeus 2025 04 02 Based on deified eyeness of my tongue, my brain reprograms theology puzzles when clouds ...

In The Great Unknown

When the Phoenix of my heart spreads fire wings
and rises from nest of the Burning Bush,
I follow her flight to the Great Unknown
on signless road that leads us anywhere
till I stand weeping by

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surazeus.blogspot.comIn The Great Unknown In The Great Unknown © Surazeus 2025 04 02 When the Phoenix of my heart spreads fire wings and rises from nest of the Burning Bush, I f...

King Of Worthless Things

Because he plays the king of worthless things,
robins leave torn pages from holy books
on the metal table in the back yard
where the mango queen takes selfies with Death
to show her

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surazeus.blogspot.comKing Of Worthless Things King Of Worthless Things © Surazeus 2025 04 02 Because he plays the king of worthless things, robins leave torn pages from holy books o...
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Deep State Of Faith

If I start with the bang of perfect thought
to leap across the multiverse of souls
in sly attempt of honest quietude
to evade trick of charged vicissitude,
I might lose sight of soul-expanding goals
for which my pioneer

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surazeus.blogspot.comDeep State Of Faith Deep State Of Faith © Surazeus 2025 04 01 If I start with the bang of perfect thought to leap across the multiverse of souls in sly att...
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Horse Of Texas Wind

When wild wind of Texas becomes the horse
who brings me apple of eternity,
I learn to flow with her elegant grace
as she revives pure spirit of the plains
where hearts of our ancestors enrich soil
from which our

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surazeus.blogspot.comHorse Of Texas Wind Horse Of Texas Wind © Surazeus 2025 04 01 When wild wind of Texas becomes the horse who brings me apple of eternity, I learn to flow wi...
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You Are The Ocean

"You are the ocean in this drop of water,"
Rumi exclaims with radiant voice of joy,
then twirls around on broad shore of the ocean
with arms spread out in anguish of desire
to extend the sacred wings of Icarus
so he

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surazeus.blogspot.comYou Are The Ocean You Are The Ocean © Surazeus 2025 04 01 "You are the ocean in this drop of water," Rumi exclaims with radiant voice of joy, then twirls...
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Social Temple Of Trust

When sudden violent April storms uproot
ancient trees of tradition, we assemble
with reverent awe round old Tree of Knowledge,
then deconstruct strange ideology
to comprehend how our observant minds
assemble

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surazeus.blogspot.comSocial Temple Of Trust Social Temple Of Trust © Surazeus 2025 04 01 When sudden violent April storms uproot ancient trees of tradition, we assemble with rever...
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Fragments Of Frail Faith

When the storm of electric innocence
blows over our home in dense Raven Wood
I hear laughter of Ungod in blue sky
howl with cruel mockery at human pride,
so I glare mute at Jupiter or Zeus,
and grin that my

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surazeus.blogspot.comFragments Of Frail Faith Fragments Of Frail Faith © Surazeus 2025 03 31 When the storm of electric innocence blows over our home in dense Raven Wood I hear laug...
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Dolphin Of My Heart

Between Arion and Jonah I would be
the prophet whose enchanting song of truth
inspires wave-leaping spirits of the sea
to bear me safely to the shore with ruth
because the light of greatness does not fade
though

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surazeus.blogspot.comDolphin Of My Heart Dolphin Of My Heart © Surazeus 2025 03 31 Between Arion and Jonah I would be the prophet whose enchanting song of truth inspires wave-l...
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House Of Every Ghost

When swirling snowflakes freeze into the house
where every human in the world has lived,
I approach wavering illusion of hope
to observe drama of their lives play out
in ghostly shadows of wordless desire,
but

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surazeus.blogspot.comHouse Of Every Ghost House Of Every Ghost © Surazeus 2025 03 30 When swirling snowflakes freeze into the house where every human in the world has lived, I a...
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Surrender To Absurdity

While driving my car on the Nowhere Road,
I feel dull ache of ennui in my heart,
and then I know with ironic detachment
I should have made peace with absurdity
of human existence on this vast world
before I

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surazeus.blogspot.comSurrender To Absurdity Surrender To Absurdity © Surazeus 2025 03 30 While driving my car on the Nowhere Road, I feel dull ache of ennui in my heart, and then ...
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Sadness Is The Last Pear

Because I break into blossom each time
I step out of my body without my mind,
I breathe the happiness of lonely wind,
embarrassed when my brain begins to chime
with passion of ambiguous respect
for how our

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surazeus.blogspot.comSadness Is The Last Pear Sadness Is The Last Pear © Surazeus 2025 03 30 Because I break into blossom each time I step out of my body without my mind, I breathe ...
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