Raith

Will you be the same, a smile beneath the trees, each time we separate, the dollars and dimes, bars stacked like wheat, we sit drinking wine, now it's a morning shame, not just my teeth, that plays this tired game, No I'm not fine, come back to me, don't stay with that Line, what does it take, a dawn novena, to have you back again, your smile like a porcupine, your body a litany, now is the time, why can’t you remain, where the sun rises even, cars fill up their lanes, I wait for the sea.

Myriam Three

You say it’s time to leave, don't really want to go, not part of my creed, you send me anyway, to live or die alone, make my own grave, our love is bittersweet, no real need for home, children, big dreams, shifting sounds of the day, you dance on sunlit bones, i'm here to stay, sing along to the sea, the only song I own, it's not me that's weeping, sing along and pray, the time to roam is done, that's what I say, please don't try to push me, I only weigh eight stone, who are you to believe, tears irrigate my soul.

Myriam Two

Fear is dark around the bight, makes me swallow ancient flame, wait for lamps to shine, when I'm near to you, I'm coming back to stay, colour makes for different hues, and this life dead right, it takes a moment to pray, drink a little sweet wine, there are no avenues, I can't explain, trying for good news, laughter's sometimes a bitter rhyme, no one's here to blame, for part of me crying, don't need fire to hide, or put my thoughts away, we'll return on the tide, beyond this moonless night, I need you to state, not remain in silence, we'll go home again.

Myriam

Why is it always you, that makes it seem, you'll never ring the Blues, cold weather animals live alone, they don't know disease, always know where to roam, even if the wind blows cruel, it won't stop your dreams, everyone sheds a few, come over here dead slow, scream on bended knee, nothing beats a loving tone, sing when you've had a few, now is just our history, you always bring good news, even on days you 'phone, you're never creepy, forget you're not at home, laugh the way you do, it's never just the sea, no desert frightens you, or makes you believe.

Roe Four

A paper tort across my knees, why take from me the child, can't you let us be, when you bring this news, fury in your smile, say it's not just you, tamed, broken, ill at ease, you ignore all the signs, believe what you want to believe, even if I lose, a power beyond my sign, you always claim the virtue, to wrap around your knees, whisper prayers at night, carried like some disease, the terms you nearly blew, become your heaven's insight, speedy lawyers man the crew, before you have me reeling, I beg for one more time, you won't stop me screaming, a life will end tonight,

Roe Three

Love holds the door ajar, your hair falls down like wine, it doesn't get you very far, you sit around a Pool, drinks will mix in time, who needs more bad news, or ask about your Ma, just another line, lonely as a shooting star, the money she blew, in a poor easy light, just another fool, find a home another car, forget about her lies, wonder why you're scarred, there must be a tool, to crush the hurt inside, find that other part of you, maybe scrawled on the bar, that sees each morning rise, keep those dreams from afar, try to raise your eyes.

Roe Two

A painter of religious scenes, she dabs another glaze, a thirty-year-old has been, regards the work that's honed, never wise in this game, doubts she's ever alone, in yellow nights of dreams, even if she feels the same, it's not what it seems, the canvas lets her roam, the stretch of wooden nails, in many ways she's gone, a matchstick in the sea, lost without a name, floating for eternity, the work is not her own, the pull of certain days, is like some ocean zone, her body aches without relief, deep burned eyes are crazed, her mind is never easy, she sets another frame.

Roe

You cross the street, things are never the same, salt hangs on the breeze, danger flashes in your eyes, something in your gait, no need to ask why, dash of perfume in the heat, chasing glory Saturdays, the woman you want to be, do you toe the line, you won't be tamed, nor hold a reason why, this street sets you free, a jewel for your days, silk on an easy sea, inside is no paradise, kids chant your name, this way you'll be fine, seeking truth is never easy, especially in your game, don't become an odyssey, fortune never stays.

James Three

Who can resist, or diminish your flame, sometimes by a hungry kiss, hidden in a dangerous folly, it's a terrible waste, supplicants sway at your feet, those who think you are it, turn to me and say, are we being remiss, rain pools tick with heat, sunshine leaves them little space, no wind is fleeting, let them all go piss, you cry again, prayer will absolve us, for everything is least, to blow our troubles away, they'll fall from the tree, uncertain questions, fill our day, some fool seeks your justice, or whatever remains.

James Two

Does it work a treat, sitting stunned around a Pool, vodka tonics cocktail cherries, what your tongue can't undo, or your bones won't fool, don't try to delude, on yellow sand to redeem, all that hides from you, scrubbed white by the sea, you won't break this mood, 'till you find what to do, just how much to lose, it's hard to be discreet, what you've been through, so try to laugh easy, when your fire turns blue, let trees carry the news, they won't disguise the truth, stand before what's empty, shake what holds onto you, find sudden energy, cast those chains loose.

James

My eyes fix a place, where we just carry on, no one feels the pain, or cares for our ways, a river rises then is gone, beyond any time haze, then she sees my face, the running line of alcohol, red veins seriously plain, say I'll soon be away, a wolf howls at the moon, the opposite of coming home, maybe I'll take a train, search for a winter stove, somewhere across the Bay, who knows raise the game, a trap of broken runs, better my thoughts this way, to beat disgrace, like some walking bomb, does anyone really say, we do it all alone?

Bernie Three

During these long nights, side by side for harmony, don't ask me why, when there's no stain, always comes peace, no one shows us the way, we are cool socialites, why bother to take heed, we sail on the lies, inquire about pain, a long, silent feeling, we won't do that again, bags too heavy to fly, it's fun going to seed, let us not ever fight, a morning cold rain, a horizon once so bright, a splintered sun unnamed, she says it's my right I want to be free, she sings from on high, below us the sea.

Bernie Two

I dream of her class, silken not torn, listen to the gasps, struggling to think, like being unborn, I reach for the sink, dance in the traps, stitch her with thorns, a modern day iconoclast, shuddering to blink, at what I've bought, bring out more drink, what you say overlaps, sticks in my thoughts, more luck than the cat, gliding at the ice rink, skating forlorn, I wait for the clink, at the next pass, broken unsought a love on the last, God knows it's wrought.