For Good

For Good
12-09-11
100 Themes #3 - Making History

Two stars, both burning brightly,
Were two stars that shouldn't have met...
Yet they did,
And burned all the brighter for being together.

A large and shiny gold star,
Like a beacon of good luck
Or the ones teachers give for good work,
Was the one everyone wanted to be like.

The tiny green star,
Almost too small to shine,
Was the bogey in Heaven's nose.
Nobody wanted to be like that little star;
It was green for Oz's Sake.

But together they shone better and brighter.
The green star became slightly larger,
Shone more brightly,
And became Heaven's gloopy teardrop
Mourning the sadness the star experienced.
The gold star became slightly smaller
And less puffed-up with pride...
But it still remained Heaven's reward.

Finally separated, the two stars were left alone
To contemplate their fate.
The gold star went on to glow brighter and bigger;
Puffed up with pride
It saw the world as it wanted it to be...
Perfect.

The green star again became the one nobody wanted.
It was branded by every name it was called
Until it ran into hiding, smarting from the burning brands.

One day the two stars met again,
And the gold star was reminded of the small hole
That it had carried in its side for so long;
A hole that had once been filled with green goodness,
Kindness and patience.

When, again, the stars had to part, it was different:
The gold star had been changed;
No longer did pride puff up its points
Or ego edify its actions.

The green star had made history
By changing the gold star,
For good.