“A Moon, Two Stars”- A Story

Life moved on and was taking its natural course, just then, another star entered a moons’ life…

In retrospect, moon was happy with his life, or should I say extremely satisfied. The star of his life took care of everything and was the perfect partner for him, both deriving their light and energy from each other but actually, from the invisible sun.

As they settled in their lives, romance dimmed and realities took shape, they moved from love to responsibilities and the daily chores…

Little did they know what was in store for them!

Moon is a happy-go-lucky cool chap and had a good life so far. A guy with good intentions, social yet homely, emotional and yes, quiet an introvert! True, he is an introvert. He would never talk his heart out and would wait for the perfect match to happen and then you can’t stop him! He talks endlessly with such innocence that you can’t help but listen… Listen to stories of how he grew up; listen to what he thinks of work and his talks of his feelings for his near-and-dear-ones go on incessantly.

Look up the sky and today what we see is a moon and two stars. No one realised, none of the three, the addition of the new star!! It belonged to another galaxy and had light of her own. She was daring, pretty, gifted, suave with boundless care for the universe and its being, bubbly and forever ready to face and enjoy the challenges and live life king size come what may…

The moon instantly fell in love with her and like a magnet, got attracted to her in no time. Her charismatic ways attracted him. The star fell for him too; I guess cosmos wrote such a tragic turn in her life… for a season, a reason or a lifetime!

The new found romance for the moon reminded him of his youth and bought the same zest. It was, for him, a cassette being played in re-wind. He began to blossom in her arms and looked for reasons to stay longer. She went on to discover the path of love and forgot the thorns of this visibly attractive rose… she indeed of a mirror image of what he was a few years back.


Was it love? Yes is what she thought. The new star always heard others falling in (and out of!) love but she had experienced it for the first time. It all seemed real and perfect. Their compatibility was truly splendid; they could chat for nights together and feel as if they have not uttered a word! Such was the magic was love… They forgot the reality of life.

The Universe puts them through tests as well, like us and they have to pass them, like us, to graduate to the next level of life. The only difference being it is with distinction that you graduate else you suffer till your sufferance can’t suffer more…

Time flew, the star forgot it belonged to another galaxy and had responsibilities there, the planets and the satellites continued to suffer in her absence. She meant great value to her entire family and was indispensible for them! But she forgot, the aura of love captured her and kept her closely tied to him and far from her family and even herself. In reality, she had forgotten herself for him.

When he would be with her, his child-like enthusiasm popped up and persisted till they stayed together. None wanted to let go of each other. And they were, indeed, a perfect blend…

Intimacy could not even imagine how intimate they become in virtually no time. They seemed inseparable; from the time that moon saw her the first time till now.

A tough call had to be taken. The moon could not carry on, by deceiving the earlier star of his life! It was not her fault if he went astray! But he focused only on the old star and didn’t pay attention to the new one; on introspecting, she could still be at fault but the new star definitely wasn’t! Sacrifice is an indissoluble part of life but is only fair when both contribute but here, only our new star had to sacrifice… sacrifice her love, her life and above all, her spirit to live, she had to die for them to stay together and fall in love again! It was on her coffin that the moon would build a castle for his old star, his love.


Yes definitely, it was not easy for them to go on, go on like this forever. They belonged to different galaxies and had no connection whatsoever, apart of this loose thread of love they tied themselves to… for them to be together; they had to discover a new universe, a new paradigm. Love doesn’t take no for an answer. It is at this point that the moon stared in his heart and found he never loved the new star. He just went on, went on for the comfort he got, went on for the feelings he expressed- it was convenience and loneliness- what a fool love has been made! It failed to acknowledge the downfall, felt cheated and could not write its’ destiny the way it wanted and therefore, in no way, could stop heavy sobs that made it breathless!

Love took the new star away from the moon, for it could not see a loss for self. Star didn’t realise what stuck her and could not fathom the fact she now faced. Moon moved back to his life so smoothly as if he never ventured out! Her trust shattered and love took care of her in her most troubled times, by disguising as her family and nurtured her fondly.

The moon was happy and instantly found comfort in his old place and breathes this feeling of being free… She moved back to her galaxy for they needed her and more than that, she came too far from them. Here with the moon, she felt indifference taking shape, things weren’t the same anymore. She could not even look into his eyes straight and failed to utter a word, for her lips trembled and her eyes watered as she could feel the misery of yesterday’ (past) ordeal of making love with him. Pain became more painful and despair more frozen for her.

Tomorrow, the sun will rise as it did yesterday and nature will not forget to perform its’ prettiest operations and he would remain as far as he never was…

Life moved on and as you gaze at the sky, there remains only one moon and its’ star…

Her failure in love keeps haunting her but love still loves her a lot. And she thinks to herself often, “Having taken such pains to bring me down like a rare fruit from the topmost branch of the tree, what does he mean by throwing the fruit away so ruthlessly.”