Patching Up On Milky Way

An aspiration.

An insecurity.

Certainly not the sun
But could it be, perhaps, a lesser star

You don't have to see it
Just a quiet, outshined star

Rather than just a strategically located moon
Better at least, a self-lighting star

A nourishing planet may still do
Better still, a life-sustaining star

Light up the darkness several miles around
In equal standing with the other stars

Warm up an infinitesimal of the sparse galaxy
In a give-and-take with other lonely stars

Don't need much of anyone else to see
Just for oneself to know, it's living up to a star

While not yet the sun
Growing to, in its own right, one full-fledged star

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Title is of course, twisted out of "Walking On The Milky Way"... that can be sung to the same tune. =D