When you look up at the stars,
And think of the worlds out there,
With their wonderful life,
And strange frontiers,
What do you think about?
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Do you ever imagine yourself,
Sat on a distant world,
Far from home,
Looking up at an alien sky,
Questioning the worlds out there?
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Through the sea of time,
The universe has seen,
There have been galaxies born,
And galaxies burned,
Long before you were here.
***
Across the vast dark sky,
It's lonely formation,
Only broken by starlight,
Pinpricks in the universe,
Showing what the darkness hides.
***
We sit atop our ship,
Sailing through the deep black,
We are at once part of the universe,
And apart from the universe,
Contemplating our existence.

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