In Rozabal

[hack]

In Rozabal, where Jesus rests,
where men conspire, bombs strapped to breasts,
to blow the gates of heaven down
and claim an otherworldly crown,
the Prince of Peace, God blessed, it's said
his other world is cold and dead.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Once one has googled "Rozabal," the sad meaning of the whole of this becomes more clear. What economy there is in it!

[Bar22do]

In Rozabal, where Jesus rests,
where men conspire, bombs strapped to breasts,
to blow the gates of heaven down
and claim an otherworldly crown,
the Prince of Peace, God blessed, it's said
his other world is cold and dead.

This Yuz Asaf, if he's gifted with life, should not rest but come to make men stop conspiring, indoctrinating and manipulating the unaware!
Where are all gods gone!
But someone said, a long time ago: "O man, don't look up to the sky but in yourself for this is where the divine resides..."
Warm regards, you ever excavating Hack! Bar

[lallison]

Lovely, I do really like this; I'm sure others will have more detailed comments, but it conjures up for me a vivid picture of the story you're telling and the emotions it evoked. This is the meat of a neat little short story if you cared to work it up. A beautiful image and so delicately drawn and colored in for us. How much of a present moment is packed into these lines! That last verse is brave and the most affecting of the whole.