Last Chance Moon

"When you feel like crying and all hope is lost
Just look to the moon hanging high in the sky
If you look there and close your eyes
I'll be standing next to you when they open."

So I stood alone in a field of stars
And stared at the night for a time then squeezed real tight,
Wishing with everything I had for a chance come true
But her face never came beside me.

Left to myself, in a fit of despair, I grabbed the moon
And I yanked it from high above.
If it wouldn't grant magic what good was it to the world?
Pretty lights just damper solemn truths lurking in shadows.

With the moon in hand I headed for the shore
Where I could drown my sorrows in a bottle,
Watch the world fall apart beside me,
And maybe finally find some peace.

It was in the moment that the last wave
Washed away any lingering regrets
That I saw where my wrongs had been
How far I'd fallen from her grace.

"When you feel like crying and all hope is lost
Just look to the moon hanging high in the sky
If you look there and close your eyes
I'll be standing next to you when they open."

I'd underestimated how far there was to fall
I'd forgotten just how bad things could be
I'd lost faith in her, in myself, in our promises
And it was then that she came to rescue me.