Carly

Who can speak of empathy, sitting on a wall, a neighbour to the sea, when your eyes come awake, they dance on thorns, view the stuff that’s fake, each day of being happy, echoes in my calls, then it hits me, who wants to stake, a life of being torn, so I hesitate, the same old electricity, spins penny for my thoughts, let’s start with infidelity, it’s a different take, than being forlorn, another bill of lading, shivering I don’t want to be, the one who’s caught, please don’t look that way, as if I'm never born ?

Bella

What dreams do we keep, they ask us the ghosts, sat on safe dark seats, leave us alone thank you, our faces might need soap, but we have the news, we are not at liberty, to crack old jokes, just let us be, do what we always do, as much as we know, we don’t need your views, a ticket for the entry, to that garden of hope, you hang on the breeze, ask if that’s true, even give a little bow, we’ve heard your tunes, to set ourselves free, don’t you worry Joe, we'll fire our own beliefs, throw away the ropes.

Ronnie

Your face set like stone, not like this on ecstasy, tell me all you know, chipped away by time, the daily useless commentary, a life combined with mine, half gashed without shaving foam, when life hangs me, I’ll stretch out alone, on Sunday's drink wine, until the time I freeze, when your turbulent mind, strums tunes on a tooth comb, dances inside me, smells like a new born, your house on the shore line, the bottom of a road, will you smell the Limes, as my body loudly groans, act care free, make appeals on the ‘phone, watch morning TV ?

Virginia

What do you care, the pull on my traces, that makes me follow, a song in blue trees, thick lines on my face, cracked on the breeze, if you can share, at memory’s gate, why not send me there, in chains to the sea, unlike your gaze, that seeps electrically, it’s hard to be here, when your voice is raised, lips that snare, on broken streets, where no one runs hesitates, I’ll be on retreat, you say It's not fair, if your tune’s so great, why are you so unaware, of passing days?

Jack

You take off your gloves, in your own time, say you're no longer in love, do you remember the tune, that forgives broken lives, it still beats true, there’s not much cover, if you touch that line, don't reach it in blood, no one will hate you, when the bell chimes, fix up the bed room, give to those who scrub, lead a generous life, stay away from crackpots, like you never knew, the mysteries of wine, hear your heart go boom, listen to what's above, shudder without a Dime, fly like a released dove, when it feels right.

Liam

We claim and duly swear, first to hit the spot, is the one who gets them in, no drama or lucky stars, boring debts and mounting cost, you just buy a jar, the sun’s bright under glare, the sidewalk lit with dots, no one hides out here, for anyone who makes their mark, another folds the cards, there are no easy starts, lemon trees laid bare, rusty nails our lot, we always have to share, face danger near or far, before any cop, fairy queen or jack tar, bones stripped bare, on streets sweaty and hot, we’ll defend our turf, what we haven’t got.

Jo

On a bed that creaks, I listen to the rain, and turn somehow to speak, this is not my tune, I say, but my words aren’t new, the walls are washed green, a moon prevaricates, it knows where I've been, Paris and sunlit avenues, are not just a keepsake, but places I well knew, wrapped in a cotton sheet, I pull a long face, it reaches to my knees, outside is a Magnolia bloom, this bunk’s like a cradle, you can smell the Ocean, it’s a joy to squeeze, love from many lives taken, a manner so to speak, the times I’m great.