All the previous stars

I wonder if they're up there

Watching from the stars

Waving at the ship

From Venus and from Mars 

Does Laika chase the ship

 A toy she never got to test?

Does Félicette curl up into Carroll

 finally free to rest? 

Do all those lost in space

Greet those who are new?

Guiding them to safety

So they don't die too?

I wonder if they're up there 

Cradled by the sky

Free from pain and torment

Finally free to fly