Diane

A warm weathered room, split by sunlight, doesn’t make me feel cool, here in this game, a race for your life, I don’t hold the reins, am not a fool, spinning cooked over lies, to see what you’re doing, my eyes feel the pain, your hands dance like fireflies, sooth them on their way, can you smell the ruins, do you cry inside, ask if someone needs you, when others renege, I’ll protect you at night, a moon on the causeway, in sandalwood dunes, you’ll be fine, you’ll see beloved, we have the fire.

Jess Three

Why dream of empathy, sitting on a wall, too tired to speak, enough to raise the stakes, risk being torn, the useless dates we make, I wait for the seasons, own a crown of thorns, giving up on reason, kids run about the place, crying cast forlorn, I have to act brave, don’t look at me please, as if you’ve been caught, dreaming in the sea, a hand that shakes, askance at my gall, understand I resonate, this isn’t really me, jellied to the core, a flower of deep tranquillity, asking only more.

Jess Two

He dances around you, screams for loans, say everything’s bad mojo, sunlight, water, he’s up high, like some waving comb, who’ll make it right, I walk the avenue, my daisy head blown, he paints me lemon blue, drinks all the night, will break any curfew, forget about the fights, when I cry for truth, know I’m not alone, useless to argue, what's worse is the silence, all gone to ruin, his once niceness, he’ll get his dues, receive his broken bones, nothing here that's new, no longer in my zone.

Jess

Da's back in the pen, my stomach turns to rope, Ma stands there bereft, if you really want class, consider this joke, when you turn grass, be the first to offer, smoke with their loans, you the first one, if you can’t be assed, then leave them alone, don’t poison the glass, or even pretend, the hurt is gone, with all your mess, the ugly crap, sung down the phone, don’t say it’s the last, when needing your help, give them some scope, if you can’t act proper, live on your own

Sam Three

Please don't moan, stifle your screams, when I come rolling home, a knife to my throat, I know where I’ve been, It just keeps me going, you don’t need a stone, to throw in the sea, searching for love, dance with my ghosts, happy as a queen, toast me a lot, if you love alone, is that what you mean, to hurt the most, with your glass groans, you once used to tease, my roaring soul, I haven’t come to atone, for busted schemes, I’ve no more to give, clean out of dreams.

Sam Two

Dance in poor dad’s shoes, sing songs on the wire, always pay your dues, if no one 'phones, don’t burst a tyre, you know where to go, each little bit of you, faced with their crying, finds out some truth, life isn't a stone, you leave in the fire, no one gets by alone, it's your choice of ruin, sings louder than a choir, love’s just a shoo-in, know in your bones, when others conspire, there's always a home, to bring you the news, tell who's for hire, gives life some pre- view, who says it’s fair ?

Sam

A flower at your side, just a little token, held with great pride, ribbons in your hair, stuff that you know, will shine clear, stupid to ask why, you've been chosen, your turn to fly, deny all the hurt, memories not golden, outside of the fair, a wounded heart's cry, shrunken or coaxed, you will never deny, all that you are, warm in your soaking, pale sunlight flares, sing those favourite lines, know that love's spoken, a cloud sails the sky, you are unbroken.