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The neighboring planet, rings slightly tilted diagonally from lower left to upper right, stared back with no concern for the two abandoned armored troopers. He bit his lower lip, leaned his head forward to allow his eyes to track two sets of footprints converging to a point on the horizon seven miles away, their presence three hours ago. His mind thought of various poems he read as a youngster that may fit the melancholy scene. One came to mind as he tilted his head back again to gaze at the heavenly body.
Stare in wonder at this distant barren land,
Torn and bare from centuries of time.
Who can call this place a waste? This place forgotten?
The distance lies not one but two of nothing,
The past lies what you have seen,
The future lies only time.
Stare in wonder at this distant barren land,
Torn and bare from centuries of time.
Who can call this place a waste? This place forgotten?
The distance lies not one but two of nothing,
The past lies what you have seen,
The future lies only time.
A short blurb from a short story I wrote regarding two armored spacetroopers who were left on a barren planet by their spaceship.
"Abandoned" is a relative term as the spaceship will surely return to pick them up eventually. With time on their hands and no enemies around to bother them, the troopers have a lot of time to talk and write stories on their laptops...
"Nothing" doesn't mean that these two are nobodies, but infers that there was no battle, no action, no enemies, nothing that these armored troopers care to report about to command. All they could report is what they have seen.
"Abandoned" is a relative term as the spaceship will surely return to pick them up eventually. With time on their hands and no enemies around to bother them, the troopers have a lot of time to talk and write stories on their laptops...
"Nothing" doesn't mean that these two are nobodies, but infers that there was no battle, no action, no enemies, nothing that these armored troopers care to report about to command. All they could report is what they have seen.
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