Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Sally

Keep your eye out brains, don't ever let me moan, guide me on the way, forget what's on your mind, in my life of Soul, am not the lonely kind, singing makes me great, turns to dust our bones, just look at my face, please don't take fright, pleading like a dope, in my tunes you'll find, rage against the grain, makes me stand akone, not worried who's against, tunes let me find, it's not my life they own, what's buried deep inside, bum notes can go ape, all the world's aglow, nothing has to change, I'm my own show.

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Ria

Lips twist like knives, I am not forgiving, my sweep is river wide, so what else is new, he'll regret sinning, forget trips to secret venues, my Ma says stay wise, make him do the giving, torture him at night, guess our love's not smooth, tobacco blonde and dry, maybe it's all true, could be she's right, he's fresh alive and swimming, sunlight, water, sky, I'll shake the lifeguard crew, laughter's for the living, my eyes are lemon blue, I'll dance in the tide, catch him if he's skimming, nail him with my smile, this is just beginning.

Monday, 22 May 2023

Rosalie

In darknened evening blue, please give me a sign, I'm a woman of virtue, it’s not me gone cold, when others tell me lies, that you have let unfold, my tears ask if you knew, I cry all the while, should I die for you, my life's no longer bold, not exactly cock a hoop, it makes me suddenly old, care is not an issue, for me or your wife, do what you want to do, come here I scold, let's just light the fuse, no one loves alone, bring me no more truth.

Sunday, 21 May 2023

Quinna

Chained to your days, can your heart forgive, fly above the haze, best not to moan, desert or rescind, your life as a loan, don’t be a wethervane, turning in the wind, patched like cellophane, you're not alone, so sail with the ships, put meat on your bones, live for today, just give it a spin, love's more than trade, welcome the tones, as a lonely soul shifts, shout its coming home, when someone says, you don't fit in, ask them the best way, to know how to give ?

Saturday, 20 May 2023

Polly

Sing a poor woman's Blues, sway happy on the wire, always pay your dues, if no one 'phones, when you try to inspire, go places alone, each little bit of you, is all that's required, why give them a clue, life isn't a stone, you leave in the fire, like a dried old cone, for your choice of perfume glow stronger than a choir, play all of your tunes, you know in your bones, when others conspire, they'll never leave home, you're not a liar.

Omar

You could scream could you, when she demands another loan, talk of bringing bad news, god knows, out of sight, like some ocean boom, she drifts on cloud nine, floats down the avenue, her daisy head blown, paints us pictures lemon blue, spinning dollars in the night, she’ll break any curfew, never mind the fights, when she cries for truth, we know she's not alone, it's useless to argue, thinks she is so wise says what's done is done, all thats gone to ruin, always makes us groan.

Thursday, 18 May 2023

Nikki

Play charades all the while, when you hit the trail, ride that lonely mile, in your bones, you don't need a stay, to be alone, you left me to die, on your holy grail, say you don't have time, can you atone, when love always fails, shame marks our home, flip a coin see the sky, talk of hoisting sail, here's mud in your eye, drink wine out of jeraboams, hide that desolate mail, throw stones at his ghost, know how to to cry, what finds you this way, you're not going to lie, hope he's in jail.