Medan Poems

The Mystery of the Ss Ourang Medan

In 1947 in the Straits of Malacca near Indonesia
An old Dutch freighter the  SS Ourang Medan 
Sent a message out that the whole crew was dead
With the last message from the operator being, “I die” 
An all-out effort was made to find the ship
And when it was found no-one responded from aboard

They were able to get on board by rope
What they found deepened the mystery
Because the whole crew were indeed dead
And in death  they all had a look of terror on their faces
Suddenly smoke was seen from the engine room
The rescue crew had to quickly leave the ship

And it blew up sinking quickly beneath the waves
Taking the mystery of what had happened with it
Was it ghosts or aliens that killed them all?
Or was it a cover up of transporting nerve gas
No records about whether this was true are available
The dead crew and the destroyed ship still remains a mystery.
© Paul Warren Poetry