Science Fiction - Harvesting The Earth Poem by Paul Warren

The silver space moves silently into earth orbit
It comes in un-noticed without the earthlings seeing it
They have come from the stars to harvest what was sown
Long ago before the history was written or even known

They had already harvested the Martian World
Having left after stripping the life off that it held
The mission was to grow the green plant matter
And take the chlorophyll for its life giving batter

They had journeyed the universe from their dying world
And picked out the planets where their life source could be meld
In our solar system there were only two worlds they could use then
So they seeded the Martian soil and the Earth in the end

The people came back and stripped the Martian world farm lands
And took it back to their home worlds to save their lives in their demands
It was a journey that had to be planned to take the chlorophyll home
Through a worm hole they created to cut the journey time roam

It still took a thousand centuries in the round trip to home and return
So we earthlings were left with a Martian puzzle over to churn
The people took stock of the earth world and how it had developed
And noted how the animals had evolved and the world enveloped

But the way that their world had been ripped apart by these beings
With pollution in the air, water and the country landscapes as seen
They could see the work they had done in seeding the earth being lost
And decided that these human beings had to pay for the earth's cost

So the battle of the earth started with the people knowing what weapons to use
To rid the earth of the human beings in a war that they must not loose
And that's where we are today in this battle with all the cities blown away
The last of the earthlings fighting back and staying out of their way.

© Paul Warren Poetry