Ghosts - The Crash On The Highway Poem by Paul Warren

On public holidays we did the highway patrol
To keep the roads safe in a heavier traffic toll
And when the sun went down in the outback sky
There was a canopy of a million stars on high

I was stopped on the side of the the road
The warm summer's night turned to that mode
In the distance I saw a set of dazzling white headlights
That looked to be moving towards me quite so bright

I heard a loud noise coming from the opposite way
And a bright set of light bearing down in a fast display
The lights approached one another and I could see
The second vehicle move to the incorrect side easily

Just to the front of the police cruiser both collided
In a terrible smash of crunching metal as they were grinded
And there was an explosion just as the whole mess disappeared
I was shocked by what I saw of the apparitions as from my sight cleared.

© Paul Warren Poetry