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Secrets of a Failed Star
August 25, 2021
Hey, Jupiter!
You’re a planet bordering star in mass, yet
dependent on a sun.
What is success to you?
Your influence draws many class,
your neighbors, invaders, all enticed by gravity,
While they draw near you still beg to know
what is success to you?
You house a spot, an eye of storm
headed towards a newly reborn cloud
of dust and noxious gas.
You wish you were burning hot.
Hey, Jupiter!
Tell me about the stars.
Do you wish you lived amongst them
as one of them?
A solar system is incomplete
without the feats of you,
Jupiter, angry, tumultuous, desperately alone,
longing for heat and light and power, and you were almost there.
So tell me, what is success to you?
© Norah L., Russellville, Kentucky
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This piece was written after I spent the evening at the local planetarium. I learned that Jupiter was almost a star, but its mass was simply not great enough to create the heat and light needed to become a dwarf star. This left an impression on me, especially because there are moments in my life where I could identify with Jupiter in that respect; you almost reach a goal, but you just miss it.