ZENDEL WAITS OUT THE NIGHT

ZENDEL WAITS OUT THE NIGHT

[Based on Art by – Ooberxandxdavie6]

Somewhere in the far-off mountains,

hiding in crevice or dark cave,

Zendel waits out the Martian night.

Beneath the two moons of Phobos

and Deimos, he fights against sleep

where ogres crouch waiting to kill.

No one and nothing can save him.

He imagines his mother

high on the branch of a burned-out

wood, searching, begging the Martian gods

to command the rigid mountains:

“Release Zendel! Release the boy!”

When dawn breaks across the Martian sky,

mother and son trek towards home.

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