Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars!!!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars!!!

I was fascinated by many things in my childhood. The little star in the sky was one such "thing" which spellbound me. No wonder "Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars" was my favorite rhyme. When I was a kid, I spent many nights sitting on the terrace, looking at the beautiful stars and counting them. I blinked my eyes along with the twinkling of stars. I enjoyed doing this and I still remember the happiness which engulfed me . I admired and adored this lovely creation "star". With all my innocence I even jumped high and tried to reach them. I wanted to touch and feel them. With my hands, I drew in the air connecting the stars and forming different shapes. The stars had a special place in all the pictures I drew. My drawing of sunrise in the backdrop of mountains had stars of all colours surrounding the Sun.

Until I got introduced to all the science about stars, I always thought that stars are very huge diamonds hanging in the sky. There were nights when I looked forward and waited eagerly that one such big diamond would fall on our house terrace and I could collect it. I day-dreamt of showing the "star diamond" to all my friends. My childhood dream never came true.

As I grew, I not only lost my innocence but also my fascination for stars. The scientific facts which I learnt about stars diminished my fascination for them. They lost the beauty which I held for them in my eyes. Maybe the problem was with my eyes, I lost the capability of looking lovingly at the things shining in the sky.

The next turn was when I learnt that Sun is also a star. My mind diverted to this "special star". I wondered how different this yellow big ball was from rest of the stars. I used to squint my eyes to try and have a good look at Sun. The burning ball never let me stare at it. It was only a matter of few days and I lost my interest in the biggest star too. Though I learnt how these celestial objects provide us light and energy, somewhere somehow I lost my love for them. I knew they were our life support, this still didn't make me love them back. I gained knowledge, but lost the ability of getting enchanted. The stars and sun were still the same attractive objects, time had no effect on them. It was me who changed with time.

Few days back when I was alone on our terrace, I had reminiscences of my childhood with the stars. I looked up to see the beautiful sky adorned with "jewels". I sat there for a long time looking at them. I found them beautiful, I found my way back. In a spur of the moment, I was charmed once again. With time, I changed again. This time I want to capture the beauty of these divine things, in my eyes and heart for ever and ever. Let their imprint stay with me always.

Stars! - The beauty that the stars add to the vast dark sky is enormous. They are not just mere dots in the sky.

Is the heaven somewhere amongst these beautiful stars?

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
You stay in the sky so high and far
When the Sun sleeps you give us light
Shining bright all through the night

 

Hi Akhila,
Thanks so much for the first feedback!
Me too looked at stars after a long time.. I hope you too get enchanted by them...

 

Thanks Vidhya!
Those chidhood moments are the awesomest.. isn't it?
I am glad you liked the post