Eternal Stars
Beyond the urban lights
we gaze at the Milky Way
and there you ask me
if we’ll always be together.
So I tell you a story
of the realms above the boundless sky
where galaxies are moving, ever-changing,
like the passing of seasons through time.
I reveal how we are made
from the same materials as the stars.
An aftermath of a supernova,
when a dying star explodes
into a colossal cloud of cosmic dust.
Fragments float in the inky tide of space,
until they collide and cluster,
like a celestial snowball
rolling bigger and bigger
into a sparkly new star -
the birth of life.
And when our light
fades from this world,
a trace of us will remain together
interwoven in the stars, forever
we gaze at the Milky Way
and there you ask me
if we’ll always be together.
So I tell you a story
of the realms above the boundless sky
where galaxies are moving, ever-changing,
like the passing of seasons through time.
I reveal how we are made
from the same materials as the stars.
An aftermath of a supernova,
when a dying star explodes
into a colossal cloud of cosmic dust.
Fragments float in the inky tide of space,
until they collide and cluster,
like a celestial snowball
rolling bigger and bigger
into a sparkly new star -
the birth of life.
And when our light
fades from this world,
a trace of us will remain together
interwoven in the stars, forever
This poem is copyright (©) Josie De Falco 2026
About the Writer
Josie De Falco
Josie grew up in a large Italian/English family near the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Josie is an advocate for encouraging children to explore their imagination through nature. Her poems have been published in Little Thoughts Press, Parakeet Magazine, The Toy, Tyger Tyger Magazine and the Dirigible Balloon’s anthology: Sky Surfing. Josie is often found gazing at the moon with her two children or spotting the wildlife on their allotment.
