Elena

Is this really the case, to ask for reasons why, his place of shame, glazed by loss and show, he beats out his time, nowhere else to go, soaked on an swampy main, desolate in his cry, he always tries to detail, what I need to know, no longer beats the sky, wooden box or one-way blow, when he jumps jail, boxcar irons safe to climb, he says it can’t fail, his lips won’t go, near his sweetheart’s ties, witness the gentle furrow, no easy way to fake, what hurts him deep inside, takes it to his grave, eyes open wide.

Darcy

Sometimes when I’m beat dancing in the common air, I think to rescue everything, love’s the same, heaven is a place to share, with my good name, in the depths of need, I’ll have a go at taking care, it's not easy being free, forgetting the game, you’ll always find me here, whether it's up the lane, I know how to keep, a wooden face on stairs, bars where I wet my feet, anyone can feel lame, go mouldy on hard chairs, maybe the use of chains, I won’t go there.

Clarisse

They say get a grip, falling off the rails, let another lifetime slip, don't need drugs to pray, sooth my bones, my quest never goes away, juicers have surly lips, manacled by wretched homes, others take a coin and flip, tired jokes and spirits crave, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, it makes the eyes dip, cheeks ringed by hollows, wonder if you’ll make the trip won’t know how to sleep, if I can act grown, when faith takes a leap, the only way to go.

Bethany

Your kisses leave me, shivering on the train, tongues beset by family, your walled off news, runs dread across my face, more Gospel than the Blues, I know I believe, but a growing grain, burrows deep inside me, who turns the screw, at these hospital gates, when you face the truth, a swollen handkerchief, an unborn fate, one star across the sea, I sometimes think how cruel, life can be, but before darkness looms, I’ve regained my dreams

Anthony

Mustn't take sugared tea, sweeteners lachrymose, jokes your repartee, once it might have been, you suppose, never one to dream, the pain starts to ease, ride out the blow, replace it with certainty, the moon is like a screen, you can never close, doors ride on their hinges, who needs the sea, why bother to roam, when you have belief, kids are on the scene, fix a drink alone, mother's well it seems, need to lose five stones.

Zara

It's been a while, so there you go, wait by my side, when donkeys start to bray, or the cock crows, we’ll have our say, no need to find, what we barely own, to walk all these miles, a star shows the way, frozen in our clothes, we’re not here to play, if you don't mind, it’s not another show, forget about the time, we’ll hear someone say, wrap well in the snow, this is a holy day, let’s light by a fire, why worry or scold, try to remain kind, a smile in our bones.

Yola

Will you stay the same, behind your screen, each time we separate, remember the times, we drank in the heat, in bars sipping wine, now the morning train, is just how we feel, in this tired game, believe me I'm fine, I dream of the sea, to me it's no crime, what does it take, with my dawn novena, to see you again, you smile by the line, look at your feet, why can’t you align, our tracks to meet?