"A star in the heavens has been named for you,"
That thick paper had read.
Excitement and gratitude burst from inside as your deep blue eyes beamed brightly back at me.

This wasn't just another gift.
The realization that we had something that would be ours until the end of time
Hit me like a million fallen stars.

Now all that hits me
Is the understanding that the star is ours and still burning out there,
But we are not. We are nothing.

Now every time the stars fall,
I'll think of you.
*jm