Through the stars our minds had leapt Into the galactic realm Rocketing through the vacuum where no life exists And thoughts are our only home The brave there toil to expand our knowledge Risking all for the chance of epic discovery To see the stars with their own eyes And look down on Earth like deities The spirit of exploration will never falter And sorrow only strengthens our desire To carry the soul of humanity out into the cosmos You will not be there for the crowning moment But your sacrifice will reverberate Through the chambers of Cape Caniveral Over the stargazers in the endless desert Echoing gently in the hearts of future space farers Carry on you shepherds of the stars And may you rest in the heart of the universe The place you loved enough to die for You have seen visions of existence that most will never witness But your children will never hear the tales Of your glorious mission You will not fade or diminish from memory For you are truly creatures of the stars Bathed in glory by a worried blue sky As you fell the Earth could do naught but cry

©Steve Wheat 2003

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