Tala When the Star Wept
Tala When the Star Wept
By Zach Aki
In the vastness of night, where stars once whispered secrets and gods held dominion over fate, a love burns brighter than the cosmos itself - and darker than the void.
Tala, the Filipino goddess of the stars, reigns over the celestial heavens with a radiant light. But when she falls for an unnamed mortal astrologer, a man consumed by his search for meaning in the skies, their forbidden love threatens the balance of the universe.
Bound by desire and torn by tragedy, their passion ignites a chain of events that will shatter the heavens. For in the shadows, Apo Laki, god of fire, harbors a cruel fate - one that will reduce the astrologer to ash and plunge the world into eternal darkness.
Told in a haunting, rhymed poetic voice from the astrologer's perspective, Tala is a dark mythological tale of love and loss, of stars that tremble and night that devours light. It is a journey through cosmic sorrow, sensual longing, and a heartbreak so profound it silences the skies forever.
When the light fades and the heavens weep, what remains is a love that refuses to die - even in the endless void.