[Poem] The Lost Star

 

A child I was, with eyes that reached the sky,

A million stars, a million reasons why

To search for one, a beacon burning bright,

My guiding light, throughout the darkest night.

 

Through fields of doubt, and forests filled with fear,

I chased that star, year after fleeting year.

Each fallen leaf, a fading ember's glow,

The promised path, nowhere for me to know.

 

But as I searched, the world began to bloom,

A tapestry of beauty chased the gloom.

The moonlit path, the firefly's soft light,

Weaving a magic in the fading night.

 

And though the star I sought may never shine,

A thousand wonders now my journey define.

For in the searching, lessons learned unfurl,

The greatest treasures found within this world.