Prompt:

**My Dress Keeps Catching Stars** *(Soft jazz waltz. Piano, upright bass, brushed snare.)* ### Verse 1 My dress keeps catching stars. I find them in the pockets When I get home. You say they're only sequins. You're probably right. Still... I shake them out Very carefully every night. --- ### Chorus Love has funny habits. It whistles in the hall. Leaves little notes Inside ordinary days. You kiss my forehead Like you're putting something back That I didn't even know I'd lost. *(Piano solo.)* --- Play something beautiful for a minute! ### Verse 2 You always stop To let the thunder finish talking. You say Interrupting weather Has never helped a soul. Last Tuesday You tipped your hat To an empty park bench. I almost asked why. Then I thought... You had your reasons. and It was a nice park bench. --- ### Bridge If we're lucky, We'll grow old enough To believe impossible things Without needing them To become possible. [SOLO]--- Let's bring it home. --- ### Final Chorus Love has funny habits. It keeps borrowing The smallest moments. A cracked teacup. A stolen kiss on the porch. A crooked smile. A hand Finding another hand Like it knew the address All along.