From Stars to Hell and Back Again

Written in response to: "Center your story around one of the following: stargazing, lethargy, or a myth/legend."

Fiction Romance Teens & Young Adult

I'm looking at the stars

The stars

The stars

I'm looking at the stars but I cant see the light

She's sitting right next to me

Right next to me

Right next to me

She's sitting right next to me and her body is so warm

I see all the stars as we lie here looking heavenwards

Her body is so warm next to mine and its unavoidable and I

Just want to kiss her

Just want to kiss her

Just want to kiss her

She looks so gorgeous, her eyes look like the stars

Her eyes linger on me

Linger on me

Linger on me

And my heart skips a beat

Or several

She smiles and turns back to the stars

I cant not take this chance

I have to

I have to

I have to

I sit up and lean over

Lean over her face and blink slowly

She registers that I'm leaning down

I'm leaning down

I'm leaning down

I press my lips to hers

And its pure bliss

Fireworks

Fireworks

🎇F

🎆I

🎇R

🎆E

🎇W

🎆O

🎇R

🎆K

🎇S

I pull away, my heart beating faster than fast

She sits up, her mind racing, I know it

Her eyes look from my eyes to my lips

And back again

Her starry eyes widened and her brow furrows

OH NO

I FUCKED UP

Place a hand to my mouth

no

no no no no i'm sorry!

I try to yell

She gets up

Brushes dirt and grass from her clothes

I look up to her

please don't go

please don't go

please don't go

“Why did you do that

Why did you do that

Why did you do that

Why did you kiss me?”

She walks over to the gate and opens it, disappearing into

The Starry Night

Leaving me all alone

All alone

All alone

It was a slow descent

A slow descent

A slow descent

Into the fiery maw

It was like everything was on fire

On fire

On fire

I was burning to a blackened crisp and

She wasn’t going to cool me down

I hadn't heard from her in ages

And i'm beginning to slowly die

Slowly die

Slowly die

Slowly die of abandonment

Slowly die of sadness

Slowly die of firey

loss

I'm

Slowly

Burning

Down

Here

Can

You

Save

Me

Please

I'll

Leave

You

Alone

After

That

I

Just

Need

You

To

Keep

Me

Alive

helphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelpehelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelpehelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelphelp!!!!!!

The fire burns me so bad

Burns me

Burns me

So fucking bad

My skin is a blackened crisp, crackly and sore

Where the skin breaks

Blood leaks out

I'm sorry

I'm sorry

I'm sorry

I'm sorry I kissed you, I really truly am

And I understand if you want to leave

Me forever and ever and ever and ever

And ever but I have to tell you that I

LOVE YOU TO A MILLION PIECES

I

LOVE YOU MORE THEN ALL THE

STARS IN THE SKY, ANNIE CANT

YOU SEE?

MORE THAN THE AMOUNT

OF BLADES OF GRASS

MORE THAN THE AMOUNT

OF STONES IN THE SANDS

MORE THAN THE AMOUNT

OF FISH IN THE SEA

ANNIE

ANNIE USE YOUR TELESCOPE

LOOK AT ME

ANNIE

I WANT YOU TO SEE ME

i want you

i want you

i want you

i want you and only you and no one else

only you and no one else

only you and no one else

i'm sorry annie

i'm sorry annie

i'm sorry annie

I'm sorry that I kissed you and I'm sorry that I ruined everything

I'm sorry that we are worlds apart

I'm sorry that we live on different plains

I'm sorry and I hate that I did this to us, Annie

I hate that we can't stargaze

I hate that you wont use your damn telescope

I hate that I hate that I'm missing you so bad

Because I do

I do

I do

I do miss you

And I am sorry

The stars twinkle

The stars shine

The stars show me all things divine

Under the cover of a

Starry night

We lay so close I could reach out and touch your hair

Not that I will

I want the stars to last this time

I want the stars to last this time

I want the stars to last this time

I won't I swear I won't I swear upon my soul

Do you believe me?

Annie, Annie please

I see you I hear you

I see the stars I hear the wind

I see you Elijah I hear you

Annie i'm yours

Annie i'm yours

Annie i'm yours

Elijah I can't

I want to but I can't

I love to gaze heavenwards with you

I love to lay side by side, I do

But I can't

I love you but I shouldn't

I'm sorry I'm casting you down

I'm sorry I really am

But heavenwards isn't a place where I should be

I shouldn't be heavenwards and you

Shouldn't miss me

How can I not miss you now that my skin is blackened and charred

How can I not miss you when I realize how far away you now are

How can I not miss you now that I know you loved me

How can I not miss you when we gazed at the starry sea

Annie, damn it

You didn't use your telescope

I told you to use your telescope Annie

But you didn't

Why oh why oh why oh why oh why didn't you use your telescope

Stars and stars and stars and stars and stars

There's a sea full of them but you'd rather look at them from far away

Through the light of the city

Through the light of the pollution

Through the fog

Through the mist

Through the veil

You'd rather look through the clouds and fail

Fail to see the magnificence that is the starry sea

I told you

Annie use your telescope

But you'd prefer to gaze

Through the lens of man

Than

Through the lens of glass

For once Annie

Just for once

One time

And it can be the last time

I want you to see me

So

Look up and

-for once-

ANNIE USE YOUR TELESCOPE

Posted Aug 04, 2025
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