Science Fiction - The Shipwreck Survivor Poem by Paul Warren

Lost and alone on a wild coast line
The damaged ship crashed on the rocks
When other crew perished in the crash
He was able to retrieve what he needed
To survive in the wild untamed country
And he found a cave for the purpose of survival

The months passed and he did his best
To set up the gadgets he needed for a signal home
Then when he was fishing on the beach one day
The local aborigines found him and he put on
His helmet and retreated to his cave system
Closing it off so he would survive the onslaught

The aborigines put a guard on the cave making sure
That he would not leave and cause danger to them
A couple of days passed until he finally decided
To talk to the people and make it right for them
So he put on his helmet and went out to the guard
The alarm was raised and the leaders came back

One of them was scared and threw his woomera spear
But he was ready using his weapon stick pointed
Then the warrior fell to the ground unconscious laying still
The leader put his hand up and quietened the crowd
They worked out a solution so he could live in the cave
And he lived on until they came for him from the sky

The spaceship landed on the beach near the cave
He came out, greeted them and he was at last saved
They took what they needed from his cave and destroyed it
Saying goodbye to the aborigines then he left the Earth
But the aborigines didn't forget painting him in the cave with
His helmet and they pointed the bone when laws were broken.

© Paul Warren Poetry