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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

Posted in Teens on Oct 28, 2022

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“Just a Star” by Meghana J

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It was one of those beautiful nights, with the dark sky full of stars. He lied down as usual on the bench on his rooftop terrace after coming home from a stressful day at work. The pleasant sight of the night sky calms him down and he falls asleep to it almost every day. He stares above for a while, his eyes completely fixated on the stars, his mind lost in deep thoughts, so much that he even forgets to blink his eyes for a couple of minutes. He then murmurs - “I’m just like another star in the sky, nothing special. I just exist” as he ...

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“Midnight Meditation” by Harken Void

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I was looking at the stars, admiring their serene beauty, wondering who made them. I knew logically and scientifically how stars are made, but still I wondered, what if it’s all more than just dumb matter? How can something so beautiful and profound as the deep dark night sky, sprinkled with diamond powder, be just an amalgamation of atoms bouncing in a sandbox?Looking up always prodded the deepest questions in me. Even when I simply looked up to forget my problems and just be with nature, as my mind calmed down, it started wandering. And al...

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“Thanks for Shopping” by Caitlin Vogel

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This was always my favorite part of the night. Stepping out of my mom’s SUV, I lifted my eyes to the night sky. The benefit of living in a small town was the lack of light pollution and that meant my eyes could capture every sparkling light that danced before them. As usual, I automatically identified the big dipper aaaaaaaaand there was the little dipper. And my favorite, Orion’s Belt. Well, it was my favorite because it was one of the three constellations I could identify. I closed my eyes and breathed in the late summer air. My favorite p...

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“flower crowns ” by Raven B. Evolet

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daisiesI clenched the box, the flowers’ leaves sticking out and overflowing with the immature buds. My seatbelt dug into my neck, leaving a pink line. The warm air humid this morning. Sean drove, his eyes darting from my face to the road, and back again. The stars were out. We had woken up earlier than the sun." How are you feeling?” He asked, a worrisome glint in his eyes. I sighed, beads of sweat trailing off my forehead, from the heat or my fear, I wasn’t certain." Ready as I’ll ever be. " I tried reassuring him with a smile, but it came ...

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“George, Zak and the Stars” by MaureenJ Poutoa

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  George, Zak and the Stars.George left the house with his friend Zak. They were going to do some exploring around the bush not far away from where George lived, it was just turning dark. George and Zak looked up into the sky. George started to talk to Zak about the stars and while he looked up he pointed to the Milky Way. “See that Zak that’s the Milky Way, it has so many stars that are so close together, said George and that is why it is called the Milky Way”. They both went up the stairs which led to the footpath and started wal...

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“The Competition” by Rebecca Pelchat

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“This was a good idea, Babe,” I say as I lay on the sheet in the backyard looking up at the sky. The Lyrids are making an appearance tonight. A bright meteor shower zipping through the calm sky. The planes flying by had lessened in the early morning hours.“All my ideas are good, remember?” he says playfully. He was laying next to me, his hand in mine while I cuddled close. He always put off heat, and I tried my best to cling to it to stay warm. April nights are still chilly.He looked at me with those beautiful brown eyes that had a twinkle t...

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“The Path of a Stargazer ” by Sabrina Alvarez

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Trigger warning: self-harm I opened the shutters and took a deep breath of the upcoming summer breeze. The sun was almost set and the stars were waking up as my grandma put it. “Grab your blanket Brini.” I sighed it was warm enough without my blanket, but I did as I was told. I smiled to myself, mom was not home again and who knows if I would get to see her again. I opened the front door, the familiar creak of the house built in the 50s for the 70s, there the smile of the only mother I knew, my grandmother. “Snuggle in; Did you remember bunn...

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“A New Star Shines Tonight” by Sue Marsh

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A New Star Shines TonightSuzanne MarshAlthough there are sad moments in time, there are also wonderful moments in time. I was seven years old and at best a very inquisitive child. I was in bed when the phone rang. I could hear dad's voice saying:“We will be there tomorrow afternoon. Yes, we will meet you at mom's. Okay John.” I had no idea of what had happened. I turned over and went to sleep. The next morning, mom was packing while dad made train reservations going to Brooklyn, New York. I remember boarding the train, with my parents. Mom l...

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“Star Song” by P. Jean

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Laying on my back in the vast dark night I feel an overwhelming awe at the beauty above me.  The  heavens are as a velvet curtain backdrop for the stars that fill the universe.  I feel insignificant compared to what might lay among and  beyond, in the twinkling darkness.    I had been paddling my kayak for hours, this seemingly endless day,  from one out post to the next along the shores of Lake Superior.  The journey has been one of many trials, the wind and waves challenging me moment to mo...

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“Infinite Galaxies” by Molly Kay

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           She gazed up at the celestial bodies above her. Out in the Arizona desert, the view of the night sky was breathtaking and vivid with its blue, purple, and orange tones. She could see galaxies, planets, stars, and connect the dots to create constellations. There was nothing that calmed her like the presence of the universe just out of the reach of her fingertips.           She reached as far as she could—standing on her toe...

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“The Light Within the Stars” by Nicole Kinlaw

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"As I look up at the stars I wonder where I would be in 5 years from now. Where would I be in life? Would I still be living in this dreadful apartment that feels nothing like a home? Would I still be alone with no one to turn to? I've been on my own for my entire life really. I've been in and out of foster homes since I was a child. I wasn't the best kid, I was rebellious and didn't follow the rules. I was angry at the world, I still am in away. I'll probably still be bound to the chains of this dead-end job that does nothing for me but pay ...

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“IT’S SHOWTIME: THE END OF BETELGEUS” by Andrew Grell

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IT’S SHOWTIME: THE END OF BETELGEUSEBy Andrew Paul Grell“Even if it does happen, it can’t possibly be dangerous to us. It’s too far away. We’ll get a great light show and Michael Keaton will get a career boost.” Tamar Hoffman the physicist was verbally chest-bumping her father, Caleb Hoffman the mathematician. It was an ordinary suburban star-gazing cocktail party. But the number of such parties world-wide jumped by orders of magnitude on the news that stars started hiccupping. And then another order of magnitude when the most famous named s...

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“The Girl That Fell From Heaven” by Peter Watts

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The stars hang over me from their lofty vantage, peeping out through the blackened sky. I look at each one in turn. Wondering where she is? Wondering if she if staring up into her sky, trying to find me? Wondering if I will ever hold the ‘girl that fell from heaven’ in my arms again?  It had been an evening not unlike like this one, when she appeared before me. My marathon shift had ended and my bed was calling out to me. The journey home had taken me down an old country lane: shrouded in darkness, with ancient crumbling walls enca...

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“Stars” by Safala Bista

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My eyes take in the vast darkness that surrounds me, its infinite blackness punctured by the light of the glittering stars. The heat from the nearby star radiates around me, dispelling the chilling cold of the empty space, but it is not that heat that keeps me warm, for my siblings face eternal iciness despite residing so close to our parent star. It is, rather, the life blooming in the frigid depths of my being that envelops me in unparalleled warmth and stirs an unknown feeling within me——a feeling Mother says, is love and one that Father ...

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“Wonder” by Allen Kensington

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“You ever wonder if there’s more out there?” Henry asked, gazing up at the myriad of twinkling lights that dotted the evening sky. The clouds rolling in from the south had yet to cover up the sky above. He tried but couldn’t recall the last time he stopped and gazed in wonder at something. Being a hitman for the last decade had desensitized him to a lot of things. He hadn’t been permitted to take the time to appreciate anything other than a job well done. Standing in field located in the middle of nowhere had given him that time, and it was ...

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