As the Silent Stars Go By

At a viewport, stand alone,

As the silent stars go by.

Only darkness looms outside,

A blacked, airless sky.

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No touch of wind upon my face,

Only recycled air.

No touch of natural light of sun,

No break from this despair.

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No water of rivers or streams,

Only what the ship provides.

Only Jim aboard this craft,

Only one man to confide.

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Ninety years from Homestead II,

Thirty years from Earth.

Decades away from either's soil,

A lifetime away from mirth.

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So all that's left is darkness,

As through the dark we fly.

As I watch time and space passing,

As I watch the silent stars go by.