Tina's Task

All is quiet

The night is thick

Nothing is stirring

Not even an owl

The stars are hidden

Behind the clouds

Moonless night

Evil lurking

In the shadows

A task to be born

A task to be done

Many have failed

Many have gone home

Finally, one who comes

Who is too scared to quit

Too scared to stop

So she must go on

So she continues

On her way

Carrying her lamp

Holding it close

For it’s warmth

Afraid that if her task

Is not completed

Then, it will be the end

The night has been long

Longer than the past nights

With no sun

Life has started to wither

She pushes on

This would be hero

Little thinking of more

Then, one foot at a time

She’s scared to stop to rest

For fear that she will

Freeze in her fright

So she keeps moving

Even when her feet

Feel like lead

She continues on

Not for those left behind

But in her anxiety

That if she were to stop

She would cease to exist

So she keeps going

Until she sees

The Nest of the Sun

Where she throws her lamp

Into the dry bedding surrounding

The dead sun

Setting it ablaze

And releasing the sun

To begin it’s steady movement

Across the sky

Lighting up the world

And giving off

Life-saving rays of heat

Now that her task is complete

She lays her head down

Resting her weary feet

Glad the evil has been

Set at bay for yet another day

Thankful she’s finally done