Stars, My Destination

when man first glanced into the velvet night
and wondered who lit campfires in the sky
when he assigned, according to their might
the duties of the gods to those up high
when he devised the heavens as a clock
the spheres rotating perfectly, just so
when he continued working to unlock
the mysteries that made the planets go
when he at first determined that the sun
was hardly at the center of it all
when he had learned that he will be the one
that truly understands both flight and fall
he's always, always hungered for the stars
and will not rest until he makes them ours