Yayla

Before you came for me, who carried your light, of love across the sea, they say it isn't you, in whispered prayers at night, do they know the truth, somewhere in my deceit, I lost all the signs, we're supposed to believe, even with that news, a power beyond my sight, I can never claim virtue, love's a bitter feed, it discerns and asks why, not something you can clean, wolves howl at the moon, words spoke ill at ease, some cloak an open tomb, broken call on my knees, won't you wait a while, if you would only see, love lights my smile.

Yola

We can never say, who'll warm our bones, when we've been away, the picture's not kind, she can cry but she won't, home is not right, do thoughts work this way, the same as in war, when things become plain, like the harvest light, with hardly a sound, hung under a gentle sky, maybe she'll take a train, like last winter's love, that came around this way, a horizon once bright, she navigates alone, feels that it's right, a line on her face, she'll just carry on, everyone feels pain, bearing that wound.

Xena

Love holds the door ajar, your hair falls down the line, you don't get very far, but sit around a Pool, trees bend wave in time, who can bear their news, or ask about your Da, just another wine, lonely as a shooting star, the money he tooled, in a poor jaded light, sunshine just for fools, home another car, furnished by mother's cries, no room for chairs, swear you're no fool, to forget the hurt inside, or that other part of you, that sits on the bar, and sees the morning rise, hit the highway burning tar, do you need your eyes?

Wanda

He won't break you, without a wail of pain, what it is to lose, scrubbed by fire, you don't know what to do, except resist desire, he tempts you with a Brew, on yellow sand makes haste, what's not to choose, like a bird on a wire, it's hard to disdain, what is up for hire, know what you've been through, don't laugh uncertain, your bones tell the truth, his tongue won't ask why, you live without stain, or forget that patch of sky, your heart seeks good news, follows down the lane, some things you can't fool, you won't see him again.

Winnie

She says from on high, is that the sea, you have to wonder why, if it's all true, is she as bad as me, wing tips shine like jewels, a diamond sun sears bright, she has hopes of eternity, I say I'm fine, what is it with this crew, she says breezily, we'll sleep till noon, sailing the sky, it doesn't bear scrutiny, in a cold cabin light, we're so sad and cool, who can hold our sympathy, everything we say we do, on these long flights, we drink for company, we know we're right, leave us in peace.

Virago

Her manner always myriad, where a life is blown, unlike mine let it be said, never mean she calls the sea, an artists bright unknown, for this old has been, if in danger of losing cred, she cries don't frown, says I'll see you less, you never leave this street, and cannot pray for calm, she shakes her keys, with lipstick instead, her skin golden brown, she lights my bed, a loving heed, for all I've known, not for her a sense of ease, our daily bread, is warm as toast, she who lightly treads, down my path alone.

Valentino

What it means to cry, within a screaming gale, no use trying to lie, in your bones, you don't need a trial, to find yourself alone, studying a time, when all your measures fail, and you search for style, can you atone, when love forever fails, and shame marks your home, flip a coin see the sky, talk of finding sail, you always leave this way, drink wine from broken cones, search for desolate mail, throw stones at ghosts, say it's worse than jail, forsaken all the while, when you hit the trail, walk that lonely mile.