Science Fiction - The Black Knight Poem by Paul Warren

The unusual orbit of it had kept it hidden
Whilst stationary over the Antarctic it had ridden
For 10,000 years it kept its secrets for the earth
Waiting patiently to be found for what its worth
Until one day it started to transmit its code
And the earth immediately went into theory mode

There had been rumours and blurry photographs made
But the conspiracy theories over the years did not fade
So they gathered to discuss what they would do
The Americans, the Russians and the Chinese too
It was decided to launch a mission from Cape Canaveral
Explore the Black Knight in its seemingly endless travel

They picked the best astronauts the Earth could provide
As they launched into space into the correct orbit complied
The journey time was not long as they manoeuvred their ship
As a routine journey in a near Earth space trip
Until they saw the Black Knight off the port side
And matched its orbit giving a view of Australia so wide

So they space walked across the void to the Black Knight
As the NASA cameras kept their lens of them in sight
And the astronauts opened the hatch and went inside
There were writings on the wall and ice crystals on the sides
The first occupant they found was dead on the floor
With the appearance of human features on the face and more

There were others in the cockpit of the space craft module
As everything was filmed for a record by the NASA rule
So the Black Knight was searched from stem to stern
And they found out from the space ship what could be learned
Until in the belly of the ship they found a functioning nursery
With living baby alien creatures being cared for by the machinery.

© Paul Warren Poetry