The Stars are on Our Side

by Jennifer Hartmann

I think it does us a disservice to look at the stars and believe that they are only stars. There is too much we don’t understand and too much we can’t see to remain boxed into simplicities.

don’t want someone who kills for me. I don’t want someone who dies for me.” Swallowing the emotion, she raises both palms and clasps my face. “I just want someone who will live for me.”