*(Simple acoustic guitar or piano. Soft humming. A parent singing to a child, or perhaps to oneself.)* Your left hand holds a star that died Your right hand holds a star that will Your heartbeat counts the supernova's tide And your breath is a nebula still Close your eyes, little one The carbon in your bones Has traveled since the world was none Through fire and through stones Stardust lullaby, don't you cry You're made of the same blue sky That scattered when the giant fell You are the universe learning to spell The iron in your blood was forged When a star collapsed and mourned The oxygen you're breathing now Was fusion's firstborn vow So sleep, sleep, let gravity keep The atoms in their ancient heap You're not a visitor passing through You're the universe's overdue Stardust lullaby, don't you weep The cosmos finally fell asleep In you, in you, a waking dream You're the stardust's quiet theme *(Humming. Fades slowly.)*
