escape pod

There was confusion

And there were flames

I had always felt the fire call my name

But this was different

I could taste the fear

And the sweet release

As the end of all drew near

I will never understand why

Why

They shot me off a dying planet

In a tin-sized escape pod

There was room only for a bed and porthole

That I watched my home explode from

The com-links open

But theres no one

Tuned in on the other side

Why did I deserve to live

Did I just deserve to watch them die

Oh why did I

In those first hours

No one heard me

Scream at the hateful cold eternity

And I have been floating

Ever since then

With nobody but the darkness as my friend

And if they had asked me

I wouldnt have agreed

That it was the right thing when they

Shot me off a dying planet

In a tin-sized escape pod

There was room only for a bed and porthole

That I watched my home explode from

The com-links open

But theres no one

Tuned in on the other side

Why did I deserve to live

Did I just deserve to watch them die

Oh why did I

They shot me off a dying planet

In a tin-sized escape pod