Northwest Now

I will tuck myself in Earlier tonight than most night owls Bed down in the bravery of being alone Pretending I have courage unspent And tomorrow the compass point Turns me around again Hard to look to my true North Knowing you reside Northwest For now.... And when the whistle thru trees takes you Further down the stream, over another ridge Will there be room for my perfume to linger By the birch branches or brambled woodlands There is but one moon tonight, as always So much sky we should have charted The dipping stars, like diamond tears Write your name into the night Northwest is nowhere, now, for me Just a mapped out version of yesterday As you make hasty travel towards tomorrow