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Space Rock Climber was born to the void On an asteroid named for its ores and metals Orbiting the sun one year after another Morning never comes Day never breaks Silence goes on forever dead A 10 year old son abandoned by parents Who moved back to their home planet, Earth The boy climbs rocks for a living on a rock Food ran out two years ago The climber turned to stones and minerals Surviving on dirt sustenance alone Rocks stay in place forever with their flavor Easy to hunt down in craters Black skies scream at the stars Lack of atmosphere, depleted air Low oxygen, no spare tanks, parental lies Laid out on the platform of dark horizons No one lives for long in outer space Parents should not leave their children all alone Like so much liter waste and weightlessness He forgot their names Embraced the great beyond as his domain They had no room on board the ship they said If only he were a little lighter Perhaps he would fit between the gold and silver Shipments of such commodities are revered Rock climber has no name It is not needed in this environment Temperatures run from the sun From hot to cold as is expected Climate fluctuates that way in space The young man stays the same Stands on solid ground Time sets no limits on the day As the asteroid tumbles on No doubt it has directions figured out A barren rock is not a proper home If he could remember, he would forget It's for the best Abandonment is not healthy for the mind Mom and dad left him minors tools Smiled and gave advice They told him to climb high ridges And wave good-bye It is a trial out in space Cry’s go unheard and serve no purpose The vacuum of the void defines survival This is the only world he knows Rock Climber goes up the granite inclines To find minerals for his soul He grows too old to work Then something happened As luck would have it a collision just occurred An asteroid hit his little world Hurled him and his rock back home Finally he would see the Earth Enter the atmosphere in a hurry Just in time to tell his mom and dad Don't worry! Don't burn alone! I'm here so we can have a blast together
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