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When it feels like you're alone

12/29/2017

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When it feels like you’re alone,
When it feels like you’re lost,
your body turns to stone,
buried in the cold winter frost.

Pieces of you shatter away,
with no hope to of the storm allay.
And as you wither and decay,
you see the world in disarray.

There is no lighthouse to guide you through the maze,
no shelter from the pouring rain,
no way to see through this murky haze,
no way to escape the pain.

When it feels like you’re alone,
When it feels like you’re lost,
your body turns to stone,
buried in the cold winter frost.

Only an empty shell remains,
no light, no joy, only darkness.
And as you fall to the floor tied in chains,
you wonder why the sky is so starless.

There is no sun to warm you from the cold,
no tide to wash away your agony,
no way for the wind to blow back all that it stole,
no way to halt the atrophy.

When it feels like you’re alone,
When it feels like you’re lost,
your body turns to stone,
buried in the cold winter frost.

Our fears anchor us to the ocean floor,
our guilt prevents us from finding the shore.
We sink way down, until we drown…
is there any way out?

When it feels like you’re alone,
When it feels like you’re lost,
your body turns to stone,
buried in the cold winter frost.

When it feels like you’re alone,
When it feels like you’re lost,
set the dark skies aglow,
and you will break through the cold winter frost.

Even when we have nothing inside,
and even when all we want is to die,
we can still brighten the world and give light,
helping us all push through this gloomy night.
​
Then maybe not so many would give up and drown,
and there could be a world we’d all want to be around.
We can be the lighthouses that guide the way
out of the storm and into a new day.
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    Zach Affolter is a passionate aspiring marine biologist and animal/environmental advocate.

    ​In 2019, he graduated from Humboldt State University (HSU) with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology and a minor in Oceanography. Throughout his studies, he worked as the Resident Sustainability Adviser within HSU's Housing and Residence Life. In this position, he educated and inspired residents on campus about sustainability and environmental issues by hosting events, writing newsletters, creating bulletin boards, and various other means. 


    Before his pursuit of a degree, Zach remained active in fighting for animal rights. He petitioned his school board to remove field trips from SeaWorld in place of ones that didn't involve holding cetaceans in captivity. He also worked on Peta2's Youth Advisory Board, wrote a blog on the site For All The Animals, served as a Youth Ambassador for Earthrace and Dolphin Project, and helped to organize the Miracle March for Lolita in 2015. 

    ​Additionally, he volunteered with Earthrace and Pretoma to protect sea turtle eggs from poachers. In 2013, he also worked in the Youth Conservation Corp at Yosemite National Park to maintain trails and restore natural habitat. Throughout all of these endeavors, he continually created videos, articles, and short stories about animal and environmental rights.

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