Terminal Odyssey

Alas, red titan
Take heed of my fate
For my time draws near
Witness my crimson trial

Resources depleted
Crew has expired
I have endured

My body grows weak
Nothing left here
This mission is done

I look to the mountain
It calls to me, burial site

Final campaign
Trek to the end
To Olympus Mons

With Phobos and Deimos bearing witness
My path leads across vast red fields
Weight of solitude expedites insanity
My fear of darkness compelled into craving for death

Virulent rust tinted sandstorm strikes
Survival exoskeleton ravaged by nature
Pierced by the planet's strength and power
Has this journey reached its premature demise?

With Phobos and Deimos bearing witness
My path leads across vast red fields
Weight of solitude expedites insanity
My fear of darkness compelled into craving for death

Flesh is now exposed to Sol
Radiation expeditiously infiltrates the body
As precious oxygen escapes my lungs
I fall to my knees extending this final moment on Mars

An entire lifetime shown in an instant
I can feel time moving slow
This odyssey, a result of choices made
Leaving everything behind

Blinded by the staggering circumstance
I muster the power to remove my helmet
And look at myself for one last time
Willingly I can now give in to the foreign land

In attempts to keep fighting on
My face hits the sanguine ground
Cursed by complete paralysis
As the light fades only thoughts remain

When they find my body will they know who I was?
What are the chances they'll come?
After death, what lies ahead?
Is it the end? Or a lifetime of pain?