POEM STARTER
Submitted by A.M. Katherine🗡️🥀
When The Stars Fell
Write a poem or story that could be titled 'When the Stars Fell'.
When The Stars Fell
Oh when the stars fell
It was a shame for such beauties to be replaced by lanterns
“But where else would we’d get light?” Well,
I heard the stars were bright,
Y’know, people who actually create from the mind and not from what their told
“Oh well” they said
“Oh well that the stars fell, we’ll just create new ones.” They said,
New ones, but how could you replace stars that were born from the sky?
The people who were born to share their supernatural wonders
But no, they had to be covered up by a lie,
A lantern, a candle, a streetlight, but why?
What was the point of letting the stars die?
They could’ve grown, learned, given us a light we would’ve never turned off
The world, the people, they said they were “wrong”
But why is pure talent considered “wrong” when it was never listed as an answer?
No, electricity and power are what the world needs
Because without it, oh my, well I’ll be weak, we’ll be bored
I mean literally, would we even breath?
And in tragedy we look to the people for answers
“Answers? But we told you they were ‘wrong’”
And yet, you still don’t believe that we belong
Why?
Because you listen to the artificial illuminance that teaches you the right from wrong
We never got a chance to share our thoughts, our hopes, our dreams without being told “you don’t belong”
And you wonder why they let us fall
Because cellphones, computers, Ai has a screen that’s bright
And of course the people are attracted to light
It’s interesting, entertaining, it’s hard to fight
But y’know what else has light?
Stars. Bright stars who were brought down by man
Each with a story in which no one else can
Not one, not ten, but infinite lives
Did you hear that, earth?
“No, it can be done with Ai.”