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From dark to light we all are cast,
To challenges we must surpass.
Some enter into joyous life,
While others enter into strife.
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I claim no hardship undeserved,
Nor tacit values unpreserved.
My family held fast and true,
While I grew up amongst the crew.
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For under the fluorescent lights,
I learned about my greatest rights;
To not be judged by race or skin,
Or those beliefs held deep within.
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The years passed by, and I matured,
With discipline in mind assured.
For in that time I was alone,
But for my duty, strong as stone.
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Of course my parents still remained,
For from them, service was ingrained.
But company they could not grant,
As leisure time was always scant.
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And yet at port, when work would cease,
Untold excitement would release;
As beyond my world of metal,
There were those who chose to settle.
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Each one had their own unique tale,
Which when convinced, they would unveil.
So strange compared to my crewmen;
Many were not even human.
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Though even they were not as strange,
As that witnessed at further range.
For mountains climbed to craggy peaks,
Their slopes obscured by broad green streaks.
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On other worlds volcanoes rose,
From which there stemmed harsh lava flows.
The molten rock pooled on the ground,
In lakes of fire, which did abound.
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No two planets were 'ere the same;
Some were wild, while others were tame.
Unto my mind of sheltered youth,
This became an abiding truth.
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So with hope fuelling my stride,
I take unto the world outside.
For never shall I find a place,
To which I would not dare to face.
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Never shall I ever forget,
My memories, or thus regret;
For duty still shall guide my way,
Unto a strange and unique day.
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A/N: Installment #1: spacer.
Understandably, this is my personal view of what a spacer background would be like. This is not necessarily a universal view on the spacer background, and I acknowledge that other people may have different opinions on what spacer life would be like. (even so, I hope you enjoyed it) ;)
