Sunday 14 July 2024

Belinda

I want to be set free, says my lover on high, a sense of blue conceit, between her hands and shore, she aurveys the sky, her cigarettes by the door, on a funnel gazing spree, any horizon seems bright, thinks she's a celebrity, her power is always more, kind but sheds no light, she names it mystery rope, it stands no scrutiny, always shows she's right, a short step to eternity, but what's underscored, is a racing certainty, harmony stands restored, when fires burn willingly.

Saturday 13 July 2024

Annie

Did you ruin her marriage, you'd gamble anything, to steer clear that passage, your daughter's aims, all her could have been's, debase your claims, was it any less savage, with others who scream, called you to the barrage, ragged clouds of rain, like a calendar deems, roll darkly off the plain, a smell of storm presages, dust across your schemes, your crazy damage, howling for terrain, chasing without cease, numbers you miscalculate, who needs your dreams ?

Friday 12 July 2024

Zada

I ask for a name, to shame your dull life, don't think me insane, your consoling groans, taste sweeter than wine, pity's not in my home, where do such lies lay, you dance in time, whispering your evasions, silent in your bones, between you and the night, guards shout all aboard, this roaring train, brings us to the fire, makes me spit like rain, I'll make you atone, without troubling Aquinas, teach you how to love , dwell in burning flames, praise our holy bond, let illusions crave, bound by wire.

Thursday 11 July 2024

Yareli

Should you know better, wonder still if gripped, you read his letters, wiser than the phone, sense in your finger tips, you wear a little gown, Aretha at your request, moves roll off your hips, drinking San Miguel best, forget enduring heroes, awaiting ships, the sun is going down, feels like your butress, but you laugh and skip, plenty of time to rest, dance a bar lovers tune, enhance all you've hid, the Fleet is back again, act like a little kid.

Wednesday 10 July 2024

Xandra

Race through a field of corn, my lover asks, dance you were never born, an altar to pray upon, how can you live like that, heart beats without sound, I want to call form, roar like a big cat, am not a fool forlorn, flee a love that's sad, no kids on the latch, my loving isn't bad, spirits perform ancient charms, forget our little chats, gallop to a perfect sun, run before a following storm, its not an easy task, to ride freight trains home, adjust my Ray Bans.

Tuesday 9 July 2024

Vicky

A needle truth is never easy, it sparkles where lies end, to always gild the lily, is there ever a time, that forever tends, to claim we're all fine, bites the hand that deserts us, cadges off our friends, when they confer illusion, light shines our Valentines, hot brown days send, tidal boats to the skyline, absence is a lost release, even as we set, fire to every belief, we don't mind betraying hopes pretend, if they ask us why, say it's in the sand.

Monday 8 July 2024

Ulla

Waiting for the train, a cloudy day a breeze, there's a tidal spray, you never really own, what's gone to seed, in these solid Ocean towns. long journeys nerves frayed, its gone half past three, he won't wave goodbye again, am cool but turn , when he closes the gate, still feel my stomach churn, me who'll take the blame, through windows in the rain, looking out over the Bay, me who shouts too firm, he'll always make me pay, let him go and burn, love in stupid ways.