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What the Stars Don’t Tell Us

I have spent enough nights looking up, trying to find an answer in something too far away to hear me ask.

Maybe that's what we do when life stops making sense. We look for signs.

A star that burns brighter. A door that opens. A coincidence that feels too perfect to be coincidence.

We call it fate because sometimes chance feels too small for what happens to us.

But I don't know anymore.

I don't know if the road was waiting for me or if I simply kept walking until it became a road.

I don't know if some people were meant to find me or if we just happened to cross paths at the exact moment we both needed someone.

Maybe that's the part the stars don't tell us.

Maybe they don't write our endings.

Maybe they just watch.

Watching us lose things we thought we'd keep.

Watching us hold on long after holding on started to hurt.

Watching us stand in the middle of a life we never planned and somehow keep going.

I've blamed fate for things I couldn't change.

I've thanked it for things I couldn't explain.

But tonight I think I'll leave the stars alone.

Let them be stars.

Let them burn without needing to mean something.

And let me be here, still choosing, still becoming, still walking into whatever comes next without needing the sky to tell me where I'm going.


Copyright © Sabine Phoenix | Year Posted 2026


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Date: 8/28/2026 4:40:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Date: 8/25/2026 12:19:00 AM

A quietly powerful free-verse reflection that balances uncertainty with resilience. The recurring image of the stars gives the piece a contemplative, almost cinematic atmosphere, while the plainspoken questions make its philosophy feel deeply human. The ending is particularly strong: releasing the need for cosmic answers becomes an act of agency, choice, and hope.

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