You went out early for your run
Left your spacesuit and your gun
And shot into the atmosphere like a rifled cannon
And though I am not the one
Who stuck to the regimen
I feel like the alien
Second only to Jupiter in the pantheon
Fooled by a woman
The god of war, protector of all, born in fire
With the statues of men
You took the hinges off your door
Left the photos on the floor
Can you comprehend what's there in your memory
As you glide under the distant sun
And sleep in the cold canyons
Like an animal set free?
You don't burn in the sky
There is no sacrifice
Just miles of dust
Through clouds of rust and CO2
Would you see this project through?
Send my musings back to an empty station
A new world has begun
The old one has been abandoned
What were your expectations?