Northern Star

by The Jules Thomson Effect

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there were travelers on the platform
wrapped up against the rain
now speckled lights fly past the window
of the northbound train
i'm navigating blindly
the heavens spinning 'round
except for you my darling
my harbor safe and sound

there you are my northern star
a little cold, a little far
sparkle in your eyes after the rain
you shine all night, alabaster white
when you're gone the image still remains

this old city glimmers
with an inner glow
like the towers of the minster
floodlit from below
just beside the pillar
that you might as well be on
a saint before the sinners
you can do no wrong

when i travel south again
they sky loses its sheen
the people less than welcoming
the politics obscene
and i still feel the lack, dear
more than you would believe
with my heart still in the shambles
still oozing on my sleeve

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released December 31, 2020

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The Jules Thomson Effect Bucksport, Maine

Jules Thomson. Scottish-American singer-songwriter // Fond of dead poets and Vikings.

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