Paula

You wonder why I pray, with kids like these, they'd lead you to cocaine, run a bath with foam, not living with the need, my loving isn't done, I hold your face, forget to say please, watch horizons dim in rain, the wind and stones, helps our belief, assists the journey home, fires me through my days, makes all troubles ease, I can stand the fray, each of my troubled tones, suddenly dances free, even when we’re storming, at least it’s a family

Oscar

You scream out the news, on troubled nights, as if studying a menu, all your different phones, left hanging on the line, the ones you loved gone, flames blaze up the flue, don't tell me how to cry, why you look so callow, it’s not me you cloned, swimming against the tide, everything turns hollow, no matter what you use, however much you try, you are not immune, writers always get blocked, something deep inside, shines beyond my shock, are you worth the ride?

Nova

I’m set to leave, my soul on a wire, please someone set me free, in his eye’s amour, he wants to do right, he knows the score, rocks me gently, says everything ‘s fine, don't worry baby, the hearts of lost hordes, all lay entwined, around on my floor, glamorous, perfect, serene, he kisses me quietly, does what others dream, a perfect troubador, have I just died, and loll on water adrift on the tide?

Maggie

Don't say too late, love’s not on your list, put on your skates, the earth hesitates, like it has a stitch, It’s not afraid, someone asks for change, who is paying this, it would be rude to say, spin on your plates, they want little bits, creepy by the door frame, working in this place, is like a launderette, spinning out my fate, my little smile migrates, to all the other misfits, who’ve never seen a wage, is something missing?

Luna

Why keep trouble at bay, all that requires, for problems just look away, they pester you for loans, your eyes seek the tide, wish you were alone, stumble in the haze, dampen all desire, no one’s so easy or brave, scared to your bones, they won’t call you a liar, or chase you with guns, ride the blue waves, like a cold fish knife, love replaces gain, why don't you 'phone, these candlelit nights, not easy to disown, a soul on fire

Kayla

It's quiet here now, after many year of greed, my face smooth as stone, can still see the place, where praise be, I hope to be saved, my body’s like snow, swept across the turnpike, when it starts to blow, give me the name, where there’s serenity, not just on feast days, owls fly as silent souls, against a moonlit field, right upon my shoulder, geese honk on their way, late for the season, I'm just the same, can’t you see ?

Josephine

I still hear me Da, laughing like a foghorn, it all seems so far, happy he's not scarred, or left forlorn. I start the car, when he stamps the tar, like a toddler new born, he’s a fallen star, no wonder I switch off, he looks war-torn, apart from his heart, out of the Ark, not even sure, where he comes from, I can’t find a chart, that tells me the score', it’s gone too far, a trip to the park, an old shirt he’s worn, things fall apart, love has no form.