Alone In The Desert Poem by Paul Warren

I ride along the dog proof fence
To repair it as the dingo defence
I like it because I am by myself
Under the sun and stars is my wealth

And sometimes at night I see strange things
Lights that travel across as the night sky brings
They land in the desert away from me
Where I see the lights dance around easily

The local aborigines have legends of Dutch people
Being in a colony near here who survived on their mettle
But they had disappeared one night when the lights came
And this happened without any noise as the mystery remained

I see the lights very often during this time
And although curious I don't want to go and find
What happened when the lights danced around
And I wondered what those Dutch people eventually found.

© Paul Warren Poetry