Science Fiction - The Meteor Poem by Paul Warren

What was it that streaked across the sky?
The millions that saw it were wondering why
It crashed into the the Great Australian Bight with a mighty splash
And the tsunami wiped out Albany, Port Lincoln and others in its smash

The area it crashed into became out of bound
The meteor caused strange things to occur on the ground
With a hovering blue light which turned day into night
And ships and planes disappeared in an area of fright

So the government pondered on the solution to it all
And what had occurred since the meteor's fall
Until one day the elders to the experts came
To tell the story of the the spirit pool and its fame

They spoke of the Dreamtime and how at death's door
Each being would die and be seen no more
Into the the spirit pool with the others of their clan
As the spirit pool consumed each woman and man

The hovering blue light continued to shine on
And the elders decided to it to sing their song
To the spirit pool when it went on for a year
Whilst special teams who studied it would sometimes disappear

Until one day as the elders sat in the dirt round
Continuing to sing and bang their sticks so profound
The blue light exploded and they were dragged into it
For days it glowed bright in the sky in a bright blue emit

So now we keep watch on it as it shines in the sky
And we still wonder how with it here we will get by
The world comes to see it and to marvel at its style
As we learn to live with the spirit pool while it beguiles.

© Paul Warren Poetry