He was an anomaly,
bound by a rare disease, deadly,
that couldn't claim his will to live
nor tame the stars in his eyes.
He spent his numbered days,
scaling those mysteries
that hid behind the dark skies at night,
defying death one day at a time
and reaching one step closer
to the stars with his theories of time.
And today,
the stars cover the distance between
to welcome him among them.
Finally, he rests where he belonged
for this world was too small for him,
an intermediate, a motel on his way
before he reached where his home's at.
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