Starlight Express

A girl sits in her home

Sad, scared and alone

Her parents fighting louder

It's more then she can bare

Outside she goes fed up

She can listen no more

Every night the fighting grows

Every night her heart is sore

She walks into a field

Sits on a smooth high stone

Cold wind blowing steadily

Chilling her to the bone

She looks up to the stars

Wanting all to find but help

To ease her mind and pain

Of all the stress and battle scars

One star seems to listen

Growing brighter every second

Twinkling down to her

All of this she is missing

The winds come to a halt

A cry filling the air

A ghostly train whistle

Now she looks up scared

Down comes the train

In the blink of an eye

She hears it coming faster

It sounding like a sigh

Big and blue and glowing

It touches to the ground

Stars dotting it sides neatly

Glowing strongly yet so sweetly

It whistles to the girl

Beckoning her to come

To ride in the midnight sky

Until the rise of the sun

The girl boards the train

It takes off to the sky

Frightened the girl screams

Then slowly starts to cry

The train whistles gently

So to calm the frightened girl

Its journey is not for fear

But to make the girls' mind clear

It releases steam slowly

The girl looks up shyly

It sounds like it's trying to calm her

With a gentle little "shhhh"

The girl sits up finally

No fear clouding her eyes

She watches the stars pass

Quickly as they fly by

Soon do they return

To the place where it began

Track of time all lost

It trickling away like sand

The girl gets off the train

Turns to say goodbye

But standing where the train once stood is someone

Glowing as brightly as the sky

He steps to the girl

Takes hold of her hands

Looking deeply in her eyes

Like saying his own goodbyes

He slowly gives her a smile

Just as warm as the sun

He can tell just by looking

The girl really had fun

With a gentle kiss to her head

A touch to her chest

He backs away and disappears

Almost like wishing her the best

The girl looks down

She sees a star with ribbon for a chain

Glowing sweetly blue light

To guide her home through the night

Home she returns

Silence fills the walls

Both parents are asleep

No more screams or catcalls

The girl climbs into bed

Excitement running in her head

For she knows one thing the best

Tomorrow night's another night with the

STARLIGHT EXPRESS