Alex

A diagnosis only half true, I smell the Limes, ask what's wrong with you, act like I already know, ties that bind, blow hard on my bones, hope brings a certain glue, what can be put right, if you pay your dues, I won't be alone, in this rosy light, there’s always my home, I’m warm near the flue, it's not a crime, for fire to bring solace, how to keep going through evening and night, when the kids 'phone, I have to be fine, coffee gets me through, this strange time, will you give me a clue ?

Mariana

Fear is dark around the Bight, makes me nourish ancient flame, wait for lamps to shine, when I'm near to you, I'm certain that I’ll stay, the rocks are different hues, you whisper dead right, only takes a moment to pray, we don’t have to fight, there are many pathways through, you don’t explain, erase the filtered news, laughter comes at better times, no one's here to blame, part of me is dying, fire cannot diffuse, or sand dunes sweep away, a return to desperate feuds, beyond this moonless night, I need you to state, say to break the silence, we'll go home again.

Rollo

Will you be the same, a smile beneath the trees, each time we separate, the gardens and the grime, bottles stacked like wheat, where we keep the wine, now's no morning shame, resting at my feet, it’s only this tired game, No I'm fine, Please come back to me, don't give me battered lies, why does it always take, a dawn novena, to have you here again, you smile like a wolverine, your body is a litany, now should be our time, why can’t you remain, the sun is uneven, traffic fills the lanes, can you smell the sea ?

Myriam

Why is it always you, that makes it seem, every day brings good news, not meant to live alone, lucky we don't know disease, especially here at home, if the wind blows cruel, it won't stop our dreams, even if we shed a few, come over here dead slow, dance that twisted beat, reach me with mellow tones, sing when we’ve had a few, now is just our history, one golden avenue, even on the days you moan, you're always easy, blow away those blue notes, laugh the way you do, it's never just the sea, nothing frightens you, you make me believe.

Louisa

Love holds the door ajar, my hair falls down unkind, nowhere gets me very far, I sit on a high stool, drink a little wine, God knows I need a few, you ask about my Ma, Oh she’s fine, stuck as usual in the tar, the money she blew, in a poor easy light, just to please some other fool, cruising in her fast car, it rocks around her lies, no wonder I’m scarred, there’s nothing cool, about the hurt inside, except that other part of you, viewed from afar, that sees each morning rise, like the northern star, I’ll have my time.

Roe

You smile across the beach, a flash that lights the day, salt hangs on the breeze, danger flashes in your eyes, something in your gait, no need to question why, you dab perfume for the heat, walk in glorious ways, smell the pine trees, you won’t toe the line, be tamed, no-one needs to die, love has set you free, milk seaweed at your side, silk from a silken sea, red tiles are your paradise, men chant out your name, a toe step is just fine, speaking truth is never easy, when words are all the same, this place become your Odyssey, the water your escape. .

Emma

A painter of religious scenes, she dabs on yellow glaze, a thirty-year-old seraphim, views the work that's honed, never too wise in this game, doubts she'll ever atone, in great nights of dreams, even when life’s the same, it's not what it seems, the canvas lets her roam, a sketch of wooden nails, in many ways she's gone, places she’s never been, lost without a name, like a matchstick in the sea, the work is not her own, the pull of certain days, bright as lighthouse rock, her body aches without relief, sunken eyes are crazed, her mind is never easy, she regards another frame.