sci-fi poem

What is it about,
This life of ours?
Are we always questing
beyond the stars?

Bright minds harken
To the tales we tell.
And the genius is reaching,
Up from the well
Of darkness and ignorance-
Mankind's plight-
High into the heavens
A universe of light.

Starships no longer
Are dreams of the past.
And man is leaping
Into space at last!