Serenity - A Journal Of Some Sort

stars

they told her to shoot for the stars

so that's what she did

when she arrived in the cosmos

they were painted all around her

and her parents warned her

to choose only the best ones

there were so many of them

however was she to choose?

one girl told her,

"only go for the biggest and the brightest,

if not, then why are you here?"

and she thought about that, took it in

another one laughed and said,

"only pick the strange ones,

the ones that don't often meet the eye,

as they need attention just like the others,"

a boy raced by her,

trailing behind a shooting star

and he said, "why spend your life chasing stars

when you can just ride along with them?" 

and she wondered to herself

how in the heavens he held on so tightly

some looked down on her

turned their noses up

called her haughty and selfish

for sorting through the stars

"why want more than you already have?"

they asked her in disgust

and she had no answer,

for she didn't know herself

she encountered a lost girl

who was wandering through the galaxy

eyes wide and sparkling

and her smile bright as the sun

cautiously she approached her

tapped on her shoulder and inquired

"why do you look so happy,

yet are lost and have no stars?"

the girl held up her empty hands 

"i'm waiting for one to come to me,

it's not my job to chase them down."

so, she took this in too.

the boy in the moon enticed her over,

said, "why waste all your time with these stars?

why not sit down here next to me

and admire them from afar?"

and she sat there for a moment

peaceful, sure, it was

but the call of the stars was so intense

she left him just because

so now she stood alone

more confused than ever before

because everyone wanted something different of her

and she still sat empty-handed

a woman approached her, 

seeing her anguish

and placed a palm on her shoulder

sat her down, gave her some water

then she asked her a burning question,

"what do you want?"

and the girl sat,

thought about this for a moment

gazed at the galaxy around her, 

and then decided

"i want them all." 

they told her to shoot for the stars.

so she did.