We were all born into this world,
as a bright and shining star;

beaming with life,
blinding radiance,
boundless potential,

mind,
heart,
and body
all the same;

and as we all know,
all stars,
are made of dreams;

and we also knew
that nothing could stop any of us;
nothing,

but this tainted ground,
soiled with broken dreams
false hopes
and tattered seams

and as we each grew older,
we watched as our very own favorite stars began to fall,
and as we witnessed our falling stars,

our very own light started to dim,

we continued to watch as the suns around us,
closest to us,
the ones that shared the night sky with us,
burnt out,
and stopped shining all together

Scared,
broken,
hopeless,
the dark dark sky was all that we had ever known

But the most heartbreaking to us of all,
was watching the brightest stars around us continue to shine,
even in the dark,
they continued to light up the skies with their passionate fire,
brighter than we ever could,
and we wished to ourselves,
to be reborn
as a bright star;
as they are,
and how they can light up the sad sky
and the burnt out stars around them
as they do,
with their brilliant light

they're different
they're special
and
we can never
ever
shine as bright as them,

or so the dull dark skies had taught us to believe

But what do those stars
that shine the brightest
in the deep dark ocean
that was
the night sky
possess?

What do they have,
that we don't?

We're all made of the same stuff aren't we?

But even so,
we continue to just look up to the brightest stars
and tell ourselves that we could never
ever
be one of them

shine as bright as them

light up the sky the way they have,


but we could.

yeah,
we can,

you can.

if we only knew,
if only you knew.

if we were only told,

if only you were told.

if we were only once reminded

if only, you were, only once
reminded

that they are the same as me
and you!

they are not special
they are what you and me are
the only difference,
between us and them,
is that they realized sooner than we did

sooner than you did,

that we,

that you,
are
a bright brilliant shining star.


and that nothing,
nothing,
can change that about you

no matter how dark the skies get
no matter how many stars around you would fall
no matter how dim your light has gotten after all
these
years

that even so,
you are still what you are
a star

and nothing can change
what you are

and a star
was born
to shine

so shine

because remember

that

**you
are still
a star