Constellations

Look!

Nangi, you aren't looking.

There, right there

It's a constellation

Point your finger toward the sky

Your arm stretched

Like my arm.

Now slowly and carefully

Follow my finger,

Trace the stars with me

And unveil what it hides

The bear maybe,

Isn't that your favorite

Constellation?

Or is it the scorpion?

Trace the stars

And I will tell you a story.

A deep dark secret

You see, Nangi,

Once there was a constellation

There was a mother star,

A father star,

Three child stars

One day the mother star left

For the desert lands

She had to light up the sandy acres

You mayn't understand

But the mother star had to

Work hard to keep

Her family happy

So the constellation was missing a star

But they went on

Then the father star left too

He was needed elsewhere

Understand this, my dear,

You are too young, I know

But he didn't go to kill

Even though that's what

The other kids say

No, the father star went to

Fight for his country

But he's yet to come home

Like one of the child stars

He stepped on something bad

And he blew out

The way all stars do at the end.

But he blew out at too young an age.

The two star constellation

Was lost, alone and scared

They stopped being a constellation

Of their own

And instead joined this constellation

And that constellation

Until, there was no where else to go

But no matter what happened

No matter how hard times got

The brother star

Never stopped loving

The sister star

And the sister star never

Left her brother's side

And even when the dark was

So incredibly dark,

They kept shining,

They didn't let the world

Pull them apart

Nangi, the story doesn't end there

Our stories are too long

And too unique

To say it all at once.

But remember,

Don't let the night sky scare you

And don't let the bright sky

Blind you

Nangi, don't leave the constellation

It may be difficult to stay,

But it's even worse to leave.