glanced around at the hundreds of burnt out candles that covered her room, each one a different, beautiful wax figurine that had become crooked and disfigured as the candle had melted, she looked down at the figure in her hand
sparkling away like her very own special star
The stars were shy in the city in which she lived. Veiled by gas and steam and smoke and cloud. reticent to be seen clearly for fear that they may be snared and snatched from their hiding places.
but not the bright moon
she felt a finger of moonlight reach down and caress her face. she smiled. She blew out the candle and pulled open the curtains of her apartment window to let the light embrace her.
she loved the moon.
Thomas: Knock Knock Knock (1st)
Tick Tock
chorus member: Tick Tock
Ticked the clock, as Gwendoline Bertram sat, quiet and still watching her moon.
Thomas: Knock Knock Knock (2nd)
Gwendoline’s heart leapt when she heard the knocking at her door. She wasn’t used to visitors.
Chorus: She called out
Hello and was greeted by a warm, rich voice
Thomas: Hello
Wings of Butterflies beat in her stomach
And there she found him, the man whom for some reason, she had not been able to shake from her thoughts
She smiled.
Hello.
Oh, hello, er my name is Thomas Thistle, I’m from next door.
Oh yes, I remember… my name is Gwendoline.
Ernest: movement. a man
Hello.
Thomas: The man left
Gwendoline returned to her darkness
As Gwendoline went to close her curtains, something caught her eye
A flash, a sparkle, like a star twinkling just for her
She gazed out, her failing eyes struggling to find their target. The star remained, twinkling brightly, shining into her eyes.
Her very own special star
It’s light caressed her face, it was calling to her.
Another gift?
It came from the dark window of the dark building across from hers. Struggling to make out the shapes of the windows, she counted the blocks of the building.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 floors up. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 across. on the corner.
she followed the star, and reached the entrance of the building. She started climbing the stairs.
One…two…three…four…five…6…7…8…9…10…11…12…13 floors up.
She counted the doors.
One…two…three…four…five… six…six…six…seven across. On the corner.
Chorus: Knock Knock Knock (1st)
Nothing
Chorus: Knock Knock Knock (2nd)
Nothing
Ernest: One step, Two steps
Crossing the threshold
Ernest: Three steps, four steps, five steps
She looked around trying to find her star
