Friday, 24 February 2023
Harriet
When you start to say,
I like to dance alone,
please give me a break,
sit here by the fire,
don't go wittering on,
you’re not a player,
not a second to waste,
it's lonely on stones,
marry me at once,
we’ll listen to the wire,
the bed’s long gone,
to calm all desires,
grant me this day,
not long silent groans,
followed by hoorays,
we are not Sapphires,
who ever atone,
drawn to the pyre,
we're coming home.
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Gracie
Who will break the news,
struggling to escape,
life without a curfew,
no horizon's bright,
if you have to strain,
know you're always right,
don’t know what to do,
frightened of the waves,
feelings that you lose,
it’s nearly time,
hear a donkey bray,
you sit by the fire,
before the morning dew,
tears seep away,
no one can reach you,
C’mon Gracie try,
people pine for your days,
long silent nights,
golden moment’s true,
love will find a way,
mist rises from the roof,
it’ll all be OK.
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Flora
You used to be fine,
to drink for fun,
laugh an estuary wide,
no need for tea,
humour lachrymose,
jokes your repartee,
now that you find,
hearing water run,
you need mor time,
if rain starts to cease,
stuff carries on,
depend on that certainty,
speak when it’s right,
never shout and jump,
what keeps for a while,
voyage to the deep,
hide it from the sun,
don’t lose your dreams,
where is the line,
seeking love that runs,
mountains to climb,
before coming home?
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Evie
Take the love you know,
Roll it on the rides,
sail it like a boat,
drained by winter's blues,
before you pass on by,
Spring is here for you,
caught on the Cyclone,
you like the left outside,
nowhere else to go,
you will make it through,
a heart needs to fly,
takes comfort in the Brew,
it seeps through your bones,
wind rides out at night,
it doesn’t make you cold,
all we ever lose,
is waiting for the tide,
cast another part of you,
you will always show,
the look of lover’s smile,
never left alone,
drinking holy wine.
Monday, 20 February 2023
Delaney
Look up as you go,
try to keep kind,
leave what you can throw,
stars show you the way,
a cold white light,
gone from me again,
a constant need for loans,
you walk the miles,
smile what you don't own,
there’ll be no claims,
when you’re alive,
you know how to save,
through broken windows,
your face shines,
shoulders hunched to the road,
future days,
we’ll sit out the fire,
back home to stay,
my lovely child
Sunday, 19 February 2023
Cristy
Do you know,
what people feel,
the ice in their bones,
that splintered smile,
nailed to the promontory,
catches all your crooked life,
don’t have to show,
provide a door key,
when your cigarette glows,
you’d rob a child,
in mountain streams,
to get yourself a wife,
who are you to bestow,
what others dream,
all stuff you’ve blown,
say it'll be right,
spin everything on a throw,
your lies a river wide,
now you have to go.
Saturday, 18 February 2023
Billie
This is not the way,
to let me know,
what can open the gate,
somethings missing,
but you don’t follow,
even tho'you’re listening,
thoughts run like the Spey,
same when the wind blows,
Spring's come around again.
other times you’re whistling,
eyes bright as a crow,
now I feel like kissing,
you make the ground sway,
like i'm being towed,
the shore a tidal wave,
rub together my mittens,
laugh to hear your news,
sea around us glistening,
mist rises on the dunes.
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