Thursday, 2 July 2020
Sean
You like strong tea,
tears lachrymose,
to fill up the breech ,
never one to blow cold,
you let yourself go ,
face crowned with thorns,
jokes your repartee,
might have once been so,
your head starts to weave,
littered with scorn ,
why beat that drum,
here is your home,
replaced with uncertainty,
blue moon in your dome,
you just want to believe,
the kids have all gone,
you and her alone,
whisky a scouring stone,
when they leave,
do you try to atone,
walk to the beach,
admit that you're wrong
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Raith Three
It's been a while,
but there you go,
I’m no longer a child,
when women start to pray,
or when the cock crows,
you'll have your say,
no need to find,
what you already know,
deep in your smile,
a star shows the way,
frozen in my bones,
there are no trains,
say you don't mind,
you'd rather come alone,
whatever the time,
I’ll stay here a while,
wrapped against the snow,
you have great style,
we sit by a fire,
listening to the blow,
your eyes look wild,
lost in your soul.
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Raith Two
A diagnosis only half true,
I smell the Limes,
ask what's wrong with you,
act like I already know,
ties that bind,
blowhard on my bones,
hope brings a certain glue,
what can be put right,
gives me a clue,
I won't be alone,
in this cosy light,
there’s always my home,
I’m warm near the flue,
it's not a crime,
for fire to give news,
how to keep going
through evening and night,
when the kids 'phone,
I have to be fine,
coffee gets me through,
this strange time,
wonder what's due?
Monday, 29 June 2020
Raith
Time breeds uncertainty,
the shouting and fighting,
a furious unease,
its passage the blues
tells me what's right,
if you’re not careful,
winter's like heating,
steals in lilac as night,
captures the need,
find other avenues,
in a dull morning light,
who needs this curfew,
with walls made of treacle,
what's down the line,
if it's not seized,
need to sink a few,
unlock my eyes,
it's dark in this milieu,
good reasons to scream,
is there a sapphire,
to burn off the scree,
bring me fast tyres?
Sunday, 28 June 2020
Myriam Three
Will you be the same,
a smile beneath cherry trees,
each time we separate,
the dollars and dimes,
bottles stacked like wheat,
when we sit drinking wine,
now's a morning flame,
not just my feet,
that plays this tired game,
No, I'm not fine,
come back to me,
don't give me that line,
what does it take,
a dawn novena,
to have you here again,
you smile like a wolverine,
your body a litany,
now should be our time,
why can’t you remain,
the sun lies uneven,
traffic fills the lanes,
I wait for the sea.
Saturday, 27 June 2020
Myriam Two
Why is it always you,
that makes it seem,
every day’s good news,
a dog with a bone,
doesn't know disease,
especially when it roams,
if the wind blows cruel,
it won't stop our dreams,
can even shed a few,
come over here dead slow,
move to a twisted beat,
catch me with mellow tones,
sing when we’ve had a few,
now is just our history,
forget the stuff we blew,
even the days you moan,
you're never creepy,
forget I’m not alone,
laugh the way you do,
it's never just the sea,
nothing seems to frighten you,
let me believe.
Friday, 26 June 2020
Myriam
Paper boats across my knees,
don’t rob the child,
can't you let us be,
when you bring your news,
fury in your smile,
say it's not only you,
tamed, broken, ill at ease,
I ignore all the signs,
that make you believe,
I have to lose,
a power beyond my sign,
the Court claims the virtue,
sheds it reasons,
whispered prayers at night,
like leaves from a tree,
want no part of you,
nor your heaven's insight,
lawyers on golden avenues,
before you leave me reeling,
I beg one more time,
don't try to stop me screaming,
a life will end tonight,
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