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Light-years away, distance so great

Visions of space, out of reach

Ever earthbound, kings with no crown

Longing profound, life so brief

Born to this Earth

Of dust and dirt

Here cursed to die

Dreaming of the night sky

Interstellar aspirations

Yet still affixed to the ground

Solar system still our prison

Near-earth orbit, looking down

Ever wanderers, ever pioneers

Long we have lingered on cosmic shores

Time to leave this earth, time to set our sails

Time to embark, ever to explore

Worlds are waiting beyond the clouds

Liberating – nevermore earthbound