on stargazing

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she was a stargazer, someone who beheld stars with so much gentle wonder that the world itself trembled to bear all of it.

it was a habit of hers, to fall slow but hard for someone she couldn't reach. someone who was meant to be admired, but from a distance. never to be touched, never to be stolen and kept as someone's treasure, never to be protected and hidden away like a valuable jewel. not even at times when all she wanted to do was protect her star's beautiful smile, as precious and cherished as a treasured secret shared behind small, sticky hands and childish giggles.

she had so much love to give, to those stars she watched with her hands tucked close to her chest, as they shone proudly with a light she couldn't help but bask in. it didn't matter that she could only give, never share that love, or that it would never be returned to her with quite the same intensity or meaning.

she was a stargazer, after all, and stars were never meant to love humans. 

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