Stars

Do you still look at the stars? Or have you turned your back to them, as you turned your back to me?

Scattered like diamonds over a sea of black velvet, you used to try and find pictures in their celestial confusion. It was beautiful to you. There was a perfect order to it all, a simplicity in the chaos. You tried to show me. I did not see. You saw the stars for their beauty, never realizing the power that lay within their dance.

You called each by name. Where the names came from, I never knew. The kings of the past, perhaps. Companions long since gone. A cherished friend. A lover….

Did you name a star for me?

I raise my eyes to the heavens no more. They hold nothing for me, only memories without the feeling that once made them so precious. It matters not. Their dance will end, their light will fade, and I… I will still be here.

The heavens will look to me, as you once looked to them. You will look to me, and see the power of eternity in my eyes.

Lower your gaze from the stars, my queen.

I am coming.

Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Bioward, Interplay, or the Baldur's Gate series other than copies of the games themselves and an overactive imagination. Thank you.