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The Brightest Star

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I.

When I was young, I gazed up at the sky in hopes of finding the brightest star to wish upon. One night, I found it, and I wished to fly up through the clouds to reach it, and make it shine brighter for you.

I had my heart on my sleeve that night, but I was too shy to breathe a word of it to you.

II.

The years went by, and we grew distant. Every day, life took the best of us, and we struggled to keep up with the insanity of it all. Our own traumas seemed so insignificant compared with the struggles and tragedies we were heartbroken to hear about around the world.

We were best friends once, but that must have felt insignificant too.

III.

High school graduation was a liberating time for us. We were wild and finally free, set out to start our own life, devoid of the chains of parental dilemmas and arguments over punishments we knew deep down we really deserved. I looked your way as we threw our caps into the air and said farewell to our friends.

You must not have seen the tears in my eyes, or heard the sob in my voice when I said goodbye to you.

IV.


It’s been ten years now since the day we ended the teenage stage in our life. We had grown up, gotten wiser, and was living day to day as normal as we could.  Still, I missed you, someone still so dear to my heart, after all these years.

To this day, my heart still feels empty without you.

V.

The day I saw you out of the corner of my eye at our reunion, I was ecstatic. Words could not express my happiness and curiosity of seeing you and experiencing how much you have changed. I braced myself mentally before approaching you.

You should have heard how loud my heart was beating in my ears!

VI.

I didn’t expect to see your face light up when you saw me. After all these years, I had thought you had simply forgotten me, a silly little girl, a figment of your childhood. I saw the man you had become, how successful and respected you had grown to be, and was proud of your accomplishments.

I was relieved to see you again, yet surprised when you said your heart was overfilled with joy at the sight of me.

VII.

That night, we sat under the stars together, and like when I was younger, I again wished to fly through the skies and reach for the brightest star, just for you. As we talked, a peace fell into my heart, and I realized that love stared me in the face my whole life; now was the time to earn my wings.

I poured my heart out into your trembling hands.

VIII.

On the night of our wedding day, I glanced up to the stars as we reminisce of the good old days, and what is to come ahead. Shining as bright as our future were millions of stars lighting up the sky. For the first time in my life, I felt complete.

Not only had I reached that star for you,  I kept its sheen burning as brightly as the flame of my everlasting love.
This really is a cute story that I came up with, as something to reflect my current happiness and content. Some of the components of this piece is reflected on past experiences, as always, but it just comes to show that there is nothing so far out of reach that we can't succeed in touching it.

I thought to try something a little different, for once, and I am happy with the result. Also, should this be open, or fixed? I can't make up my mind.

Anyways, I'll open the floor on reactions with:

:iconawwwplz:

Inspired by: Silence and deep thought.
Dedicated to: Everyone who's been in love.

Enjoy. :heart:

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daisysunshineyay's avatar
I love your poetry!