By Tad

The ship blazed past
Racing ever faster
Challenging the superiority of light
Time becoming a factor

At its bow
A wave hotter than a star
While the bow itself
A shield, radiation to bar

At its stern
A nuclear fire was lit
A bonfire, a blaze, an inferno
Its trail stretching for many kilometers yet

At amidships
A computer rested there, keeping things in order
As the captain of the ship
Keeping her voidworthy, and yet staring in ‘onder 

At the cosmic sea stretching in all directions
Sol long left behind, and another star ahead
Racing ever faster, faster, and faster still
To learn and wonder more, its masters said

The ship kilometers long
Its trail many more
‘Tis but a firefly in this sea of stars
On a journey of discovery, curiosity, and ‘ondering much more