Clarisse

They say get a grip, falling off the rails, let another lifetime slip, don't need drugs to pray, sooth my bones, my quest never goes away, juicers have surly lips, manacled by wretched homes, others take a coin and flip, tired jokes and spirits crave, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, it makes the eyes dip, cheeks ringed by hollows, wonder if you’ll make the trip won’t know how to sleep, if I can act grown, when faith takes a leap, the only way to go.

Bethany

Your kisses leave me, shivering on the train, tongues beset by family, your walled off news, runs dread across my face, more Gospel than the Blues, I know I believe, but a growing grain, burrows deep inside me, who turns the screw, at these hospital gates, when you face the truth, a swollen handkerchief, an unborn fate, one star across the sea, I sometimes think how cruel, life can be, but before darkness looms, I’ve regained my dreams

Anthony

Mustn't take sugared tea, sweeteners lachrymose, jokes your repartee, once it might have been, you suppose, never one to dream, the pain starts to ease, ride out the blow, replace it with certainty, the moon is like a screen, you can never close, doors ride on their hinges, who needs the sea, why bother to roam, when you have belief, kids are on the scene, fix a drink alone, mother's well it seems, need to lose five stones.

Zara

It's been a while, so there you go, wait by my side, when donkeys start to bray, or the cock crows, we’ll have our say, no need to find, what we barely own, to walk all these miles, a star shows the way, frozen in our clothes, we’re not here to play, if you don't mind, it’s not another show, forget about the time, we’ll hear someone say, wrap well in the snow, this is a holy day, let’s light by a fire, why worry or scold, try to remain kind, a smile in our bones.

Yola

Will you stay the same, behind your screen, each time we separate, remember the times, we drank in the heat, in bars sipping wine, now the morning train, is just how we feel, in this tired game, believe me I'm fine, I dream of the sea, to me it's no crime, what does it take, with my dawn novena, to see you again, you smile by the line, look at your feet, why can’t you align, our tracks to meet?

Xemi

A diagnosis only half true, I can smell the Limes, on a tree-lined avenue, you act like you know, in the ties that bind, breathe deep on your bones, hope holds you aloof, to see if they’re right, accept there's little due, you won't be alone, in this cosy light, the house is of stone, you sit near the flue, it's not a crime, to let a fire warm you, you have to keep going, each steepled night, when the kid's phone, am I Ok asking why?

Wynter

If you are so aware, think you’re so great, who am I to care, I’m looking for a home, a country to fit my face, you're too far gone, hand’s too heavy to bear, the shaking down of fate, just find me alone here, heaven screams a song, then a voice fades, no one’s left all done, you in chains on a chair, I plan a great escape, need a sunlit timeshare, a bird that's going, don’t claw at my traces, this cage feels so cold, I’m on my way.