Sunday, 8 January 2023

Kevin

You dance in the tide, your fame is just beginning, I want you for a bride, Mother says stay true, she is not forgiving, for love running smooth, tobacco blonde full of lies, fresh alive and kicking, says you’ll skin me alive, if there’s any gift to you, it’s not in that one’s bidding, says you have no curfew, says she knows all right, when you demand everything, sunlight, water, sky, your love a fleeting shadow, swimmer’s heads are dipping, don't melt me lemon blue, God knows I’m slipping.

Jan

In the passage a light, for those who want to pray, her youngest suffers at night, some places are a sty, behind the lip of alley ways, where the freighters tie, she always looks for sighs, somewhere safe contained, away from terrible sights, her brain is fried, you'd expect that anyway, the way life entwines, all our stillness 'till we die, no one is to blame, if we dream of islands, wait for lamps to shine, the chapel's sweet gaze, a loving gentle fire, accepts our ancient flame.

Friday, 6 January 2023

Isla

I'll stick with you, if I'm not too frayed, stop all this foo foo, don't make me groan, like a special case, in a yellow spring coat, I'll borrow you the moon, even Church and its slates, you'll beat these blues, we are never alone, pearl doves at the gate, I’ll make you a throne, tell me the truth, if you’re so great, why treat me like a ruin, want a cosy home, let’s you lie in state, you better get moving, love does not wait.

Thursday, 5 January 2023

Harmony

This cold white grate, won’t heat your bones, you’re always too late, give money to fools, you've got no phone, but smile like an angel, why try to engage, when you're that gone, all that's intestate, who needs more proof, when you sit and moan, the wind surrounds you, where are your best mates, blown on weather zones, who'll rescue your case, they catch you on Zoom, let everyone know, when you lock the room, cold as a stone.

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Gabriella

Tell me, tell me why, they teat me like a seer, my lips dissolve their cries, who says to run clear, call for stolen rights, demand a veil of tears, i am a beautiful sight, candles raise their fears, bells ring for the night, joy is my sole conceit, ask the proud engineer, fresh from golden sleep, a woman of dreams, I walk these city streets, they scream desolate screams, will they ring my feet, slash or burn my ears, there's no need to entreat, they love orators here.

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

Frank

Look at me I seethe, is it my grey hair, do I need new teeth, why am I always late, as if you'd care, use me like a traipse, what might have been, it's not fair, when you’re so easy, nights I fall and sway, without a slur, I can take the strain, don't sing like the sea, dabcing eyes like flares, these fine evenings, like a fish to the bait, your eyes blur, why say I'm great, are you scared?

Monday, 2 January 2023

Ella

Wrong notes make no count, where else can you go, this session group has bounce, forget what's not fair, in the life of soul, they know I’m not square, give the eye and flounce, don't make them groan, show them how to dance, it's not my long hair, plaided like a tow rope, that makes them scared, I fight against the ounce, stood out here alone, they know why I’m fat, my songs make them care, want for them to own, those inside the circle, know they need to know.