Tonight my mother told me..

Tonight my mother told me something spectacular. Something that I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it before. It almost seems obvious in a way- how the light that shines off of stars could really be gone. That some stars have burnt out and now the light travels so slowly that it could have been a million years ago that a star had last sparkled. It's amazing how we're looking at something that was, or still is, alive. Though most of it don't know it, we could be looking at nothing. It's enough to make me think that some things can look beautiful but behind it all they are just empty and still.


Think about it.