The SkyPath Crusade
A Science Fiction Epic Poem
Copyright © 2007 by Daniel Schilling
All Rights Reserved
Chapter Nine
Upon the Martian desert front
A Roman sentry stood
He watched the cold lands of the north
And shivered in his hood
He cooked a cautious meal with
A faintly gleaming light
While the purple skies above him
Glimmered back their globes of white
*
A glowing shell from heaven fell:
He grabbed his plated spear
He crouched below a shelf of snow
And perked an eager ear
A gentle thud like falling mud
Was all the noise he heard
Except for quakes from seismic snakes
And flittings of a bird
*
The landing site was on his right
A thousand meters hence
The wind aloft was slow and soft
Yet still the mood was tense
Across the pocket-cratered sand
He crept on stealthy toes
Prepared to tend a helpless friend;
Prepared to battle foes
*
The landing pod was caked in sod
The crashing point was deep
The impact vector when it hit
Was very fast and steep
It fell so brisk it took the risk
Of crashing into stone
But with some luck instead it stuck
Where healthy grass had grown
*
The Roman soldier quick deduced
The ship was not a friend
This lonely spot was surely not
An ether portal’s end
It seemed instead the craft had fled
Attempting to sneak by
The ether orbit up above
Where Roman galleys fly
*
The outer plate began to grate
And opened up a hatch
The spaceship’s guide from down inside
Had just released the latch
The Roman stared as something haired
Began to apparate
Its biped form was more than norm
Its height was six-foot-eight
*
The Roman in his ancient garb
Removed his outer cloak
He drew a sword without a word
And faced the other bloke
A plate of polished metal glit-
-tered on his chiseled chest
For his muscle-bound exterior had
Been primed to look its best
*
The creature took his challenge and
Proceeded to its spot
While its lungs exuded vapors
Filled with acid cooked and hot
Then a plate of bony armor quick-
ly grew upon its fur
As the tips protruded minerals
That formed a deadly spur
*
The Roman nodded to his foe
But neither left his ground
For both combatants took the time
To quickly glance around
The Martian breeze embraced the trees
That dotted cratered dunes
The stoic knight prepared to fight
Beneath the double moons
*
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