You Who Dreamed of Stars

Fanfiction
Title:	You Who Dreamed of Stars
Author(s):	JS Cavalcante
Date(s):	1993
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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You Who Dreamed of Stars is a K/S poem by JS Cavalcante.

It was published in Charisma #17.

Reactions and Reviews

1993

This poignant poem about a Spock separated from Kirk also has a great thematic unity. I liked the way starfish are linked to stars in the sky which are in turn linked to wishing upon a star. Such a continuous wave of thematically connected images always increases the power of a poem.

1994

When I finished reading this poem. I simply stared at the page, blinked back my tears and tried to swallow past the lump in my throat. How very beautifully written, with such a wealth of feeling, simple and elaborate all at the same time. Extraordinary!

In two pages, J S presents us with an entire story. It is some time after Kirk's death, and Spock is walking along a beach on Earth at night. Perhaps he feels most comfortable here in a place we know would have been close to Kirk's heart. He finds a starfish and compares it to the stars in the night sky.

Both Kirk and Spock are evoked so clearly: Kirk "...who dreamed of stars. Who stood among them as a brother....", and Spock through his gentle handling of the starfish, his quiet ruminations. Of course he is alone as the chill water numbs his feet and he looks up at the stars. Cleverly. J S has even told us Spock's approximate age since he learned to wish upon a star from his mother a hundred years ago. Such a poignant touch, as we become aware this is not a new pain he is experiencing, but something he has carried with him for many years. Yet another reminder that it is the quality of one's life that matters, not the quantity. Yet Spock did manage to tell Kirk he loved him, and although it is not spelled out in the poem, one can only hope that led to a closer relationship between the two.

This is a poem I will treasure always. I was particularly glad to see it was nominated for a STIFFIE -- Slash Talent Fandom Award. Justly deserved!

1998

Spock, walking along a beach on Earth, in (Vulcan) middle age, thinking of his beloved Jim, now gone. A weepie (I did), but so beautifully expressed, the visual images of sea and stars, sand and starfish, logic and wishing; “If I had but one wish, oh sea stars and sky stars ... but clearly I do not ... to be with you Jim, wherever you are.” Sniff.