Alpha Centauri we passed
Betelgeuse, it nova'ed at last
Canis Majoris won't host us
Double Helix Nebula, won't help us
Earth we had left behind
Far, so far from all we knew
Glieses, so many Glieses
Habitable worlds, had none they did
Iota Persei was barren too
Just one star we needed
Known to have a Goldilocks
Lacaille was a deadend
Many generations strode, starless
Nothingness for millenia
Omega Draconis, a star too far
Phecda in the Dipper
Quietly beckoned, like a temptress
Regulus and her sisters wouldn't be reached
Starless yet, a home our people yearned
Trappist gave not our scouts back
Ursa Majoris a proper planet lacked
Vega wasn't what we were told
Will the humans ever land someday
X-1 marked the way
Young stars in a distant place,
Zeti Reticuli saved the human race.
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Mark Coughlin
Mark has been writing short stories since the early 1990s. His short story "The Antique" was published in the Con*Stellation newsletter in 1992. His short story "Seconds To Live" was broadcast in the Sundial Writing Contest in 1994.
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Loads of new words (names) here that I hadn't heard before, and I love it for that 😁
. Loved it! keep up the good work!