a very beautiful story..

i was browsing DeviantArt a while ago.. and i found this very short and yet effective story.. the one thing about the stories here is how they continually amaze me.. so short and yet so powerful.. i think i understand now when mum says that the most difficult essays to write are the short ones with a small word limit.. how can you cram so much emotion into so little words?? maybe some might beg to differ, but i do know i would have problems with it.. anyway, back to this story..

its by a deviant called Amertie.. she wrote this piece, "wishes on paper stars"..

i cut out paper stars and color them black. on starless nights, i drop them from my rooftop and watch them fall, slowly, and fade into the grass below.

and as they fall, i wish on them. it's the same wish, over and over and over.

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'what do you want most?' you ask me, your warm brown eyes staring into my dark ones.

but i have to look away. i'll never be able to tell you that the only thing i want anymore is for you to be happy.

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'i'm sorry,' i tell you over the phone, my eyes staring at an empty wall in my room.

'for what?' you ask, confused.

'i failed,' i say, wrapping a blanket around me. 'i failed.'

because none of those wishes have come true.

this is really something to think about for me.. will i ever be able to truly write as they write someday??