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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) ;)