Dear Maria,

Dear Maria, Watch Me
Debate my every move
From beneath hooded eyelids
Give me something to prove

Make me wonder
Right and Wrong
So I don’t fade away

Talk me from
My highest low
Then demand I stay

Set me down
And let me lie
In minor misery

Then help me stand
On my own feet
Show me that I’m free

So Dear Maria, Watch me
Make sure I don’t stray far
Grasp with painted fingernails
But let me see the stars