Leather cover cracked at spine
Graphite marks the fourteenth line
Metal deck cold beneath boot soles
Vacuum hums through steel control
Oxygen scrubber breathes too loud
Mission patch worn thin and proud
Star charts folded in the back
Coffee stain on navigation track
Footsteps measure distance home
Notebook knows the paths we roam
Hangar bay holds silence deep
Promises we failed to keep
Hibernation pods glow green
Sleep suspended, routine, clean
Wake cycle shifts at zero hour
Notebook records fading power
Second voice reads first hand's script
Finger traces where the ink has dipped
Shift change logged in steady script
Two souls sharing one tight grip
Footsteps measure distance home
Notebook knows the paths we roam
Hangar bay holds silence deep
Promises we failed to keep
Red light blinks on panel two
Orbit decays on cue
But leather binds what metal rends
Two names where the last line ends
New shift boots on plating ring
Fresh graphite marks the next thing
Notebook passed from hand to hand
Counting steps on foreign land
Footsteps measure distance home
Notebook knows the paths we roam
Hangar bay holds silence deep
Promises we failed to keep
Footsteps measure distance home
Leather covers. Graphite shines.
Next shift reads between the lines.