The Ballad of the Stars

The Ballad of the Stars

It was end of May or early June

When a star came, falling, falling

Crashed into the local school

The Pleiades were calling, calling

Heracles had missed his mark

Andromeda hung upside down

The sky was wailing for its light

Its precious star that hit the ground

But on the earth the star did love

For t’was a world she only gazed

From high above but here she was

Up close she looked and was amazed

The people marveled, the people stared

For the mark she left behind

Was a crater through the atmosphere

Larger than most of mankind

She shone so bright, her scarlet light

But it was quickly fading, fading

The constellations called to council

How to bring back the scarlet maiden

For without her the skies went dim

And earth simply couldn’t reciprocate

The love and passion she held within

For a world of stars no one could relate

- r.k.

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