not so bad after all

when the weight of the world pulls you down like stones
the chills that you feel reach inside all your bones
& when you've come to believe that you are alone
know that it is not so bad after all
only for a moment you'll feel so small

when the colors of your life fly away like birds heading west
coming up short when you've given your best
& when you've taken your time but created a mess
know that it is not so bad after all
depression is lonely so depression will call

when you lie all alone and wish you were dead
the surface so close but you're sinking instead
& when those thoughts that you have just spread and they spread
know that it is not so bad after all
puff up your chest and stand up tall
all of us try and all of us fall
it really is not so bad after all

space explorer

i am but a lonely space explorer
voyaging through every corner
this decrepit ship i call my home
loneliness for the sins i atone 
last planet that i reached was dead
all their heads filled up with lead
so on to the next star i crawl
for faces in a dream i saw
the life of a lonely space explorer
author of this boundless horror