Through the glass the fire cracks a bomber’s track I strike it back Gunners scream a laser beam the hull agleam with scars that stack Void consumed the stars entombed the fleet exhumes another wave Lock and spin let hell begin the war within my turret’s grave Blinding flash the circuits crash alarms rehash the ship’s despair Steel contorts the hull reports in sparks and shorts the fractured air Falling fast the moment’s passed I’m trapped at last the sirens drone Then a call his voice enthralls "Abandon all this ship is gone" Tearing breaking engines shaking corridors are set ablaze Falling crawling echoes calling twisted paths in crimson haze No direction no protection pressure walls begin to crack Every second death’s reflection no return no turning back Doors ajar the path is marred I see the stars salvation near Fighting hands the damned demand a chance unplanned to disappear Fists collide their rage inside but fate provides a bold deceit "Captain’s here" I make them veer in stunned veneer I claim the seat Sealing fast the cockpit glass a frozen past in widened eyes Cries resound fists hammer down their voices drowned in silent cries Final push a desperate hush my fingers crush the launch command Backward tilt their faces wilt regret is built in hollow hands Tearing breaking engines shaking corridors are set ablaze Falling crawling echoes calling twisted paths in crimson haze No direction no protection pressure walls begin to crack Every second death’s reflection no return no turning back Spinning wild the stars defiled my fate compiled in vertigo Static bleeds the dashboard pleads control concedes to death’s plateau Blinding blue the ship in view its shattered crew in burning light One last breath consumed in death the fire’s breath ignites the night This is Captain Raines. Survivors if you’re hearing this, I got out. Just barely. I’m at emergency beacon K-17
