A Space Pilot’s Farewell

By Peter James Crabtree

My final trip is done, my friend.

I’ve turned the final page.

The final scene has reached its end

On the final lighted stage.

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I dared to brave the boundless deep

And reach the farthest star,

Yet though I had this vow to keep

We know not what we are.

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O Blessed Savior, hear this cry

And bless these younger men

Who hold the heart and will to fly—

May the voyage start again!