At night Earthly seas of ebony,
Reflect the seas of space.
Reflect the hopes and dreams,
Of all the human race.

Tiny lanterns in the midst of darkness,
Light the way to the future of mankind.
To go and search the heavens,
Once only dreams of a dreamers mind.

Man has now left the bonds of earth,
To sail this new dark sea.
He goes to find the answers,
And to fulfill his destiny.

Yvonne Goss

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