There was a blinding light, Then silence, Then a hiss. Air escaping, Gasping bliss. Glass shatters, Shadows play. A nuke hit the stern, Evacuate! No delay.
Days passed, No one came. No one heard the message, No one 'brought the rain' The solitary escape-ship Suitable only for one, Headed forlorn to the next Inhabited sun.
"Nine thousand, seven hundred light years away" The computer said in its monotonous way. "And what of our air,water and fuel?" "Approximate range is 6.2365r light years, Will that do?"
"No" he said with a sigh. Confined to his coffin Not much to pass the time...
Internal recording 00001// lifeforms:1// life support: 97% "This is Hal Katurn of the trade ship 'Endeavor'" "Can anybody read....?" "It's just me here...... In the vastness of space... A grain of sand..."
Internal recording 000012// lifeforms:1// life support: 88% "It's been a while now just me alone, No contact friendly, or otherwise In any nearby zone. The quadrant is quiet....cold..."
Internal recording 000021// lifeforms:1// life support: 67% "The stars....They.... They look so peaceful...hehe What do you say?" "Was that directed at me?" Said the ships AI. "Not you, the ones outside silly!" "............?..........."
Internal recording 000037// lifeforms:1// life support: 24% "Row...row...row.... Your...mind...... Gently out to space.... Lonely lonely lonely lone Life is but a race...."
Internal recording 000042// lifeforms:0// life support: 0% "..............................."
The farmer heard a roar And stopped his toil for A moment, No more. He saw the heavens fall And knelt in prayer and awe.
He hurried to the hole left in his land Where a voice spoke in a language he didn't understand....
"This is Hal Katurn of the trade ship 'Endeavor'" "Can anybody read....?" "It's just me here...... In the vastness of space... A grain of sand..."
A kind of poem story, if you got this far thanks for reading till the end!