Starbound by Madison Cline

Star-bound

by Madison Cline Your sweet voice carries my sorrows away In the coldest rain In the darkest night You tilt my chin up and show me the sun. A caress of your cheek Your kiss on my brow Tonight we are one We are star-bound. Drive me to the stars in your old pickup truck Speed like no one’s watching Bend the highway to the moon! We’ll cackle and shriek as the ground falls away As the wind whips our hair and leaves tears in our eyes Until nothing is left but the silence of stars And the light of the crescent moon. We can dangle our feet from its sliver of silver Skipping rocks across the cosmos The wise old oak will hold us tight Anchoring us with crooked fingers. Let them call it reckless! Let them say it is doomed from the beginning Doubt any of it is real For no one can perch on the moon without falling! No destiny is stamped into the stars! But I know better. Let it end in tragedy By a fall from the heavens By hellfire and storm Let the tears bleed from my eyes! Let my heart be ripped in two! But I will never regret it Not for a moment Because I love you.