I Searched For My Star (written by Michael Jackson)

I Searched For My Star (written by Michael Jackson)

When I was little, I used to lie on my back in the grass at night. I began to tell one star from another and wished that one of them could be mine, like an imaginary friend.
First I picked the Pole Star, because it is the easiest for a child to find, once you know that the Big Dipper is about to catch it. But I wanted my star to be a moving star, and not such a constant one. Besides, the sailors at sea would be lost without the Pole Star to guide them.

Next I picked out two special stars in the heart of the Swan. All the other stars looked white — but these were bright blue and gold. They reminded me of twin jewels, but before I could choose, I stopped. They belonged to each other, and it wouldn't be fair to take just one.

Orion's belt caught my eye for a moment, but I'm not a hunter. I had better leave the Dog Star alone, too, with its nose pressed to the celestial trail and its tail thumping the sky.

Last of all I turned to my favorites, the Seven Sisters. To me they were like elegant ladies getting ready for a ball, wrapped in a gossamer blue cloud. But who has the heart to tear seven sisters apart?

My game taught me a lot about the night sky, but I was growing up. The whole idea of having my own star faded, and it was hard to remember if I had ever chosen one in the end. People began to tell me that the word 'star' meant something quite different. I half believed them, then one night I was tossing in bed, hurt and worried. My heart felt heavy with troubles. Stumbling to my feet, I looked out the window. Thick clouds masked the midnight sky. No stars!

I trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at sea, no jewels to dazzle our sense of beauty, no hunter pointing to the next horizon, no lovely ladies trailing perfume to heaven's ballroom. But all around the globe, the air is so dirty and the lights from the cities are so bright that for some people few stars can be seen anymore. A generation of children may grow up seeing a blank sky and asking, "Did there used to be stars there?"
Let's give them back the sky and let's do it now — before it's too late. I'm going to search for my star until I find it. It's hidden in the drawer of innocence, wrapped in a scarf of wonder. I'll need a map to tell me which hole it should fill, and that will be a small one. But there are nearly five billion of us on earth, and we all need the sky. Find your star and throw it up to heaven. You still have it, don't you?


from the book
**DANCING THE DREAM by Michael Jackson**
(published 1992)

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[LongCreek1961]

Ramss70 You are such a doll-baby! Thanks I have the book now and my nephew helped me get the software to open it. Thank you so much for making it available! Turning on MTV now. Janet is going to do a tribute to her brother Michael. Hope it's really good!

[ramss70]

:)welcome im glad!!

[LongCreek1961]

Thanks Ramss70. I found it but it won't let me download through the rapidshare unless I pay for a membership. That's ok, I can still look at all the videos you made!

[ramss70]

You can choose to download free:) you just have to wait 50 seconds :)

[LongCreek1961]

ramss70: I clicked on your name at the top right and found your page...so where do I find the book download on it? Sorry I'm not too internet intelligent!

[ramss70]

under my avatar ,

above my name and my age :)

[foreverxbrkn]

is it possible for my heart to miss you more and more each day?

it is.. because my ache for you lengthens greatly as day after day passes...

i love you michael. <3

[lechenginatay]

Michael's intro in "I'll Come Home To You":

"If I had my way girl

I'd never leave you for a minute

But things don't always turn out

The way we want them to

So Ill go on my way now

I want you to remember

How much I love you

I love you, I love you"

[TheJulianarodrigues]

great video!!!! One of my fvorites...made me cry.

Michael....everything in this song is true. it is how i wish.....i got my mind and my dreams so....

i miss you so much...and honestly it is hurting each day more...especially this week i cant stop thinkg that 2 years ago you were alive. I could sleep today and wake up only in july.....it breaks my heart to go through this horrible date again.

RIP - that's all for L.O.V.E. and love lives forever

[TheJulianarodrigues]

@Kennyiaf i am still confused with my life as well

[2mDINA]

How amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[Latayo]

Oh Ramss GRANDE!!!! Thanks for the share

I love the vid!!

And AWESOME FOOTAGE OF MJ, ESPECIALLY THE ONE AT 4:25

VERY AWESOME!!

[Latayo]

Oh Ramss GRANDE!!!! Thanks for the share

I love the vid!!

[MichaelJacksonsLove2]

Michael inspires me more and more each day. I love him so much, and I'll never forget the kind hearted person he was. :)

[lpadua11]

Great song choice after the other one got pulled!

[Kennyiaf]

im confused with my life too...im also looking for a star...did Michael find his??

[mjj69able]

@lechenginatay and the same to u Michael, from my heart.. to yours always.