I stare up at the sky once filled with stars and hope,

Now all I see is darkness. 

There are no stars in the night sky.

As my mind drifts away while staring up at the nonexistent stars,

I start to remember what life was like when the stars covered the sky. 

When all I did was love and laugh and never hope to die.

I had that hope because I was young,

That's what childhood does to us.

At the time our brain is filled with happiness and confidence and pictures of the little smiley faces our teachers drew on our tests.

I'm brought back in reality when it suddenly starts to rain,

Maybe it was a sign that I can't dwell on the past.

But how can you not think about the past,

When it's the only thing that shows you the hope you used to see in the nonexistent stars?