Saturn's Light - Deb Talan

Saturn’s light throws a ring around the moon

And I said my prayers too soon, no one was listening

There’s a hush on the street

I can hear my own heartbeat, and my lonesome breathing

But my soul’s little bird can still sing:

I want good love, I want it so bad

It’s a seed stuck in my throat

It’s a weed around my hope†it makes me choke

And I can only breathe outside

Or in tall buildings with high ceilings and open doors

Isn’t there someone out there I am here for?

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It takes a will just to make it through the night

When to wait and when to fight, I’m swing-and-missing

When we meet, will his eyes recall me?

I look for his face everywhere in the dark

And I carry my torch of bright stars, 'cause

Couples kiss across counters and tables

I smile and then look at the wall

But some people hold hands and they don’t pay attention

Like their love is somebody else’s invention

Our heads say hold back, but our hearts run to strangers and say

«look at me, look at me, look at me.»