A song about a down in the dumps proton I met..

One day I was sitting alone, a bit high,
And out the corner of my eye, I saw something in the sky,
As I continued to look, it continued to float by, 
So I stopped it and said "hi, you alright?"
It said "no", I asked "Why?"

"Well" it said "Lately I've been feeling kind of blue,
You see my friends have gone and left me, I don;t know what to do,
They said that, for a proton, I have a negative point of view,
And I mean sure that's true but I don;t understand why they don't too,

Because the universe is falling, pushing, dying in the darkness,
An expanse of nothing and with little knowledge of it's vastness,
Here I am, an insignificant sub-particle of life,
Life lived and we don't even know the reason why,

"Oh why is it that I can never ever catch a break?
The other protons just get on with it as if they were awake,
But they must be un-awakened, or else they'd be like me,
And then they'd see there is no actual point to grass an trees and you and me,

The universe is falling, pushing, dying in the darkness,
An expanse of nothing and with little knowledge of it's vastness,
Here I am, an insignificant sub-particle of life,
Life lived and we don't even know the reason why."

Now, at this point I said "Look mate I have to stop you there,
Your argument is valid and i'm not saying I don't care,
But did you ever think to turn your whole perspective on it's head
And see instead, the positive.

Because the universe is growing, pushing, living in the darkness,
An expanse of everything and with some knowledge of it's vastness,
Here we are, so significant, so full of love and life,
Life lived and we don't have to know the reason why. 

Yes, the universe is growing, pushing, living in the darkness,
An expanse of everything and with some knowledge of it's vastness,
Here we are, so significant, so full of love and life,
Life lived and we don't have to know the reason why."

"Now what do you think of that, because I really think you'll find,
You won't get a positive outcome, if negativity clouds your mind."
And he knew that there was something to be done,
So he made his proton way back to his positive chums.



The Negative Proton

Have an altruistic moment, pack up and take a trip,
Forget your phone and your Facebook and your hash-tag wit,
We'll soar far away to an island in the see,
Open up our minds and set ourselves free,

Roll up and out come the smiles to the sky,
See the sun set and pick out new stars up high,
Make a wish for fulfillment, love and beauty,
Open up our minds and set ourselves free,

"Freedom is the goal and the measure of our lives",
Existential thinking just feels so right,
And there's no place on earth that I'd rather be,
When i'm here with my friends and we all feel free,

So we sing our with a grin on our face,
Because even if we can't keep up with life's pace,
The choice is ours if we want to give it some space,
Step back and you'll see that every human's free,

"Freedom is the goal and the measure of our lives",
Existential thinking just feels so right,
And there's no place on earth that I'd rather be,
When i'm here with my friends and we all feel free.



Ellie Frank