Nine Jewels Of Zathar

Nine Jewels Of Zathar
© Surazeus
2025 01 14

While Princess Alice wanders in dark wood, 
spellbound by tale of Jonah and the Whale, 
she wonders what makes some characters good 
and why some people always seem to fail, 
then stares at Wolfgang kneeling by the tree 
where Melusine hands him the Golden Key. 

Waking from strange dream of flashing moonlight, 
Alice finds herself by the waterfall cave, 
so she asks Wolfgang what happened last night, 
but he murmurs song of the ocean wave 
as if his mind were enchanted by a spell, 
then brings her water to drink from the well. 

"I want to understand the simple truth," 
Alice gazes in his gold wolfish eyes, 
"if you are the secret messiah sleuth 
that everyone says will come from the skies, 
and lead us through fog of deceptive tricks 
to Elysium across the River Styx." 

Smirking with defiance of divine will, 
while twirling brass scepter with diamond tip, 
Wolfgang teaches young princess how to kill 
if she would marry captain of the ship 
who sails wild seas to conquer paradise 
he navigates with Star-Catcher device. 

"Speak not of what you cannot understand," 
softly whispers Melusine in cool breeze, 
"for you must gather loyal heroes band 
who symbolize signs of your psychic keys, 
then quest to find nine jewels of Zathar 
to reassemble mask of the God Star." 

Staring around to find source of the Voice 
that prophesies her reign in Wonderland, 
Princess Alice considers each weird choice 
she makes with casual gestures of her hand 
to analyze flow of cause and effect 
that results in progress she can respect. 

Laughing at absurdity of her play, 
Alice shelves books in the library hall, 
then drives slowly home on crowded highway 
past bay where Icarus is said to fall, 
then rain falls splashing on the windshield, green 
as snake scales of Nuwa and Melusine. 

"There seems to be no magic in this world 
of computers and piston-engine cars, 
but I sense spirit of the cosmic herald 
who must be wandering on mountains of Mars, 
so I want to move to Greenland and sing 
about Mad Angel with the broken wing."