What is it worth?What is it worth?To accomplish enough to place myself among giantsAnd stretch higher than them?To receive a love that banishes all sadnessAnd turns each tear to a diamond?To be admired enough to ignite with prideThat out-burns the sun?Or, to turn it around:What is it worth to believe that I am worthyOf what I desire? Of who I am now?More than I know, it seems.
Star-SentOnce there was a girl who was in love with the night sky.She had visited planetariums and read children's books on astronomy. She had learned to identify nineteen different constellations and would always look for them on dark, clear nights. She had gotten her father to stick glow-in-the-dark stars and planets to her bedroom ceiling. She had eaten freeze-dried astronaut ice cream and thought it tasted better than anything else in the world.As time passed the girl began to learn about the universe, about things like asteroids and black holes. Little by little she came to know the invisible forces that governed outer space, and the night sk