Teardrops Turned To Words

The Astronomers

Once upon a time a star shattered into millions of pieces

And out of that single star the many different universes splintered into existence

Once upon a time our world appeared from the stardust

And people as well

Once upon a time a girl was born with stardust in her eyes

And she was made to rise

Once upon a time a boy was born with stardust in his eyes

And he was destined to die

Once upon a time a girl locked herself in her room to gaze at the stars because she preferred them over hearing the drunken fights

And they were the one things she truly believed in

Once upon a time a boy ran away to lay under the stars because he preferred them to feeling the pain his father bestowed upon him 

And they were the only things that gave him hope

Once upon a time a star obsessed boy and girl met

And they became star crossed lovers; their earthian relationship doomed from the start

Once upon a time a boy and girl dreamed of other galaxies, cosmic dust, falling stars, even sailing across the milky way

And they dreamed of someday joining the constellations

Once upon a time a girl became his Star-Girl

And a boy became her Celestial-Boy; both burned with a fiery passion for the stars just like a supernova ready to explode, and they were perfect for one another

Once upon a time a young man and woman said 'I do'

And were married with a baby girl

Once upon a time a newly wed man fell ill

And his beautiful Star-girl wept whilst cradling their little girl of two

Once upon a time a widow held the hand of her little girl

And they lay starflowers upon her dearly departed Celestial-Boy; his start was by stardust and his end was as well

Once upon a time a Star-Girl was left to grieve after she lowered her Celestial-Boy into the ground

And she knew they were two shooting stars destined to long for one another yet unable to ever meet

Once Upon a time an old widow lay at her death bed

And she gave her last words to her little girl, Nova,
"We were all made from stardust because we were all meant to shine."

Once upon a time two star crossed lovers were reunited

And they met up in the cosmos as constellations high in the midnight sky, just as they had always dreamed

Once upon a time we were made from stardust, but we forgot

And we are still meant to shine, whether we choose to or not