The Stars aren't up there!

I remember,

Somewhere in my younger days

the deadliest devil of all

entered my life.

He was silent and kept his death stare on me

he lingered on for a long time

to find the right time to pounce on me,

and in a moment where

I was completely broken

he laid his icy fingers on me,

The flicker of light inside me struggled to stay lit

and the darkness covered my soul like a monstrous wave.

I didn't saw an end

So I ran out as fast as I could.

it was dark and cold, didn't mind

Think I have fallen once or twice

hardly felt it,

cause a pain greater was latched onto my soul.

After a great distance,

I stopped by a meadow

where the cool breeze of the night

brushed against my strands of hair.

The orb of night was absent,

and It was a starry horizon,

With the celestial beings lightyears away

trying as hard as they could to light up the world.

They asked me:

My Friend, why frown on this fine night,

I replied:

I don't know how to describe it,

It is a wound inside me

it sucks the joy of life, makes us hate ourselves;

convinces that everything is worthless

and puts a mask on our face, makes us smile

even though we are dead bitter on the inside.

Now tell me oh' guardians of the skies

can you light up my world, cast the demons from my mind,

bring the shine back to my soul?

The wise one of north replied:

before creation, we were one.

We were stardust, waiting for the creator

to shape us into incredible beings that can gleam his light onto this world;

and when our time came, he said to me-

You'll become a star, and you will inherit a rightful place among the cosmos, with my permission to watch over the mortals for billions of years.

Even though in all this splendor and magnificence, your radiance will only be seen as a little spot in the infinity.

I accepted his will and became a star.

with a pause the star continued:

But with you he was different, he took you in his arms

sculpted you with great care, and at the end

took the luminescence and hid it inside you.

He said-

You'll live and die in a fraction of time, but the light you hold inside will be a shining beacon for the people till the end of time.

They will always find hope and love in you when you shine bright like your brethren.

Though bear in mind- It never will be easy and you'll have to find your spark deep in you, amidst the evil's attempts to steal it.

.

the northern star then continued:

See my friend, we are not so different.

Deep inside you is a flicker

that yearns to be set ablaze;

To share this light, to spread this joy

is the reason you were sent from above.

I see you battling this demon

but you sure can win this war, my friend;

You can be the best of'em all

and it only can be done if you only surround yourself

with the luminous stars around you.

They will guide at first.

But it is up to you

to keep going,

to decide

whether to stay lit.

To spread the joy to people around you.

and be memorable and be amazing.

To shine the incredible rays of light onto those

in darkness.

After this revelation

I realized-

The one who remains above

didn't place the stars up above.

He placed it inside us

and in those near us.