Science Fiction - The Spaceship Poem by Paul Warren

One foot after the other
It was a surprise that we discovered
The spaceship crashed and looking old
In the Martian soil frozen and cold

There were three of us then
Excited exploring how it did end
We pulled the hatch and entered in
Finding the crew still strapped in

But there was something in the hold
What it was we could not have been told
As it happened quickly to Joe who collapsed
Then died gasping for air as his life lapsed

And Ed was next who fell to the floor
When I felt it in my suit I ran out the door
That was 20 minutes ago trying to make it back
So now it's one foot after another and it is a hack

And it's with me as I can feel it in my blood boiling
To get to the spacecraft and then home I am toiling
I hear the voice inside my head whispering low
Whilst it urges me on and wanting me to leave here and go.

© Paul Warren Poetry