Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Antonia Two
Who can ever say,
we’ll warm our bones,
when we've been away,
the picture's not bright,
you can cry but don’t,
home is not kind,
thoughts that are splayed,
where we come from,
are not put on display,
like this harvest light,
with hardly a sound,
there’s no gentle sky,
maybe we'll take a train,
like a winter's stove,
warms us to dream,
a horizon blind,
we navigate alone,
seeking what’s right,
a line on my face,
says just carry on,
everyone in this game,
stands their ground.
Antonia
Love holds the door ajar,
your hair gleams and shines,
you’ll travel very far,
no need to suffer fools,
or bendy trees in line,
hear their news,
talk about Da,
he’s just another wine,
lonely as a shooting star,
the money he tooled,
in a poor jaded light,
splashed away in the pool,
he needs another car,
to furnish mother's lies,
no room for scars,
play by the rules,
forget the hurt inside,
it’s another part of you,
you won’t sit on the bar,
see the morning rise,
hit the highway burning tar,
you’re too wise
Sunday, 19 January 2020
Isla Three
Why live in a haze,
sheltered from the wind,
crumpled like cellophane,
best not to moan,
burn or rescind,
that you’re just loaned,
jump the night trains,
stay tight to the land,
there’s no other way,
in your worn-out clothes,
enjoy the trip,
you're not on your bones,
make a step change,
blow a thousand quid,
find love instead of trade,
when someone groans,
don’t beat on their skin,
move out of that zone,
not chained to your days,
let your heart skim,
say life’s great,
give a huge grin
Isla Two
Go on then be silent,
you're only skin and bone,
what am I a license,
who demands what you say,
the only song I own,
down this highway,
a taste that deepens,
penetrates my soul,
I float away lighter,
who are you to state,
the only pain is home,
look at my face,
this shell of the sea,
has no need to groan,
against my being,
sing as you pray,
don’t try to console,
no one makes your day,
or calls time to lighten,
what you don't know,
what makes you frightened,
when you throw stones?
Friday, 17 January 2020
Isla
No one deceives you,
without some pain,
knowing what they lose,
scrubbed by fire,
you know what to do,
include desire,
they tempt you with a Brew,
in a fallow land ornate,
not too much to choose,
like a bird on a wire,
it's hard to disdain,
the other drunks for hire,
who you can see through,
don't laugh again,
bones will tell the truth,
the land asks why,
you live without stain,
forget that patch of sky,
a seeker of good news,
you follow down the lane,
some things you can't fool,
in the morning rain.
Liv Three
She says from on high,
is that the sea,
don’t you wonder why,
if it's all true,
she’s as bad as me,
eyes blink like jewels,
a diamond sun burns bright,
with hopes of eternity,
she says life’s so brief,
is it this crew,
she enquires breezily,
let’s sleep till noon,
we’ll sail the sky,
nothing else beats scrutiny,
this cold April light,
we're so sad and cool,
who can expect sympathy,
when we act like fools,
on these long flights,
we drink for company,
don’t care if we're right,
strangely at ease.
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Liv two
Her manner always cool,
many a life she’s blown,
wish it were mine too,
never crashing like the sea,
an artist bright unknown,
she continues to stay clean,
no danger of any muse,
creates but doesn’t own,
says more is for fools,
she won’t leave the street,
doesn’t pray for calm,
throw anyone her keys,
lipstick lemon blue,
her skin golden brown,
she doesn’t want you,
a loving need,
for those who drown,
brings no sense of ease,
give us our daily news,
make it warm as toast,
she will always choose,
to strip away her soul.
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