Holding onto Stars

Danny

In the night, there was a lullaby

She sang it so sweetly

A tune classic of time

About a boy who'll soon be leaving

The baby that she held

Once belonged to someone else

But between their worlds and differences

She'd still give up all she had

Just to gift him a million lives

She sang about the roses falling

And everything left to be behind

She sang about the endless calling

And the days she'd predict to cry

The child that she held

Was the only one that she could tell

All her love to be significant

And looking down into his eyes

She just knew that this was right

She asked him one day to return

To the flowers once called home

And to speak of peace for her

Even if she were to rest alone

The one that she once held

Would age with her as well

And as it would come to pass

He always promised to come back

Just as she had given all she had

So he'll come back to the valley

Where one day she'll come to lay

Sweet as her song the ground will be

And richer than what he'd ever seen

And before he has to turn to go

He'll kneel to say I love you so

-A/N-

So, I wrote this on a whim, but it's actually loosely based around the old Irish folksong Danny Boy. It's a really pretty song that's kind of played a lot at funerals... but it's a ballad I've really come to like and I'd recommend you go check it out if you've never heard of it before!