Thursday, 10 August 2023
Tanvi
For those who ask of late,
a chance to tell why,
the house is losing slates,
run a bath with foam,
giving's in your creed,
your loving isn't done,
d'you remember the holidays,
our trips to the beach,
when you tried to paint,
studied all my bones,
become suddenly tipsy,
now the colour's gone,
guide me through these days,
make my troubles cease,
understand why I pray,
don't want to cast stones,
am OK on my feet,
assist my journey home,
wonder why i stay,
with artists like these,
empty horizons in the rain,
won't replace my needs.
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Sandra
Can't get past the news,
when you danced away,
no one sang the blues,
stepped up to your going,
angels have no shame,
all of value blown,
i haven't got a clue,
why in heaven's name,
you never gave what's due,
everything I call a home,
is somehow laid to waste,
the kids watched you go,
sing me a successful tune,
put gold around a cage,
nothing's here will do,
I hate to be alone,
won't see anyone anyway,
caution rings my tones,
truth's a bitter fruit,
rolls like a train,
dispenses with you,
strugglsing to reclaim.
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Riley
To begin again,
it's hardly right,
blown down gossamer lanes,
I've lost a few,
given such nights,
show by airs of truth,
now my voice is game,
before it gets tight,
but not on your estate,
don't make me stew,
in this paradise,
accept my refusal,
in my own secret way,
I'll see the sights,
kiss me quietly again,
where others have gone,
without a fight,
i will blossom,
made everyone say,
she's a simple mite,
sing a lovely refrain,
made you sign.
Monday, 7 August 2023
Quin
Happy songs in my car,
holy water in my tank,
nothing else leaves a scar,
blown apart in little ways,
a gurgle from the crank,
she's together these days,
lets me burn the tar,
the sky looks dank,
scatter ashes on the bar,
what is left to say,
my mind's not blank,
clinging to the way,
I see clearly in fog,
no one else to thank,
she rolls like a log,
brings me to this state,
as if i am a bank,
treats me nice on holidays,
you never know how far,
it's best to be frank
know what's going on,
Mabel is no ham shank.
Peggy
Why ask for serenity,
like we're creatures in a jar,
rescued from the sea,
put together in a frame,
note a different mark,
something you can't name,
if others set us free,
a distant bell afar,
takes you back to childhood scenes,
is this a different age,
you drive an electric car,
it still feels strange,
nothing fills our need,
except a hazy fog,
somewhere we can dream,
dancing on the waves,
a sail across a spar,
toss overboard stuff's wreckage,
all the things you see,
all the time we're not,
that's just us laughing,
we carry on.
Saturday, 5 August 2023
Olivia
Is that you Lady,
laughing as you go,
to keep men happy,
make me the same call,
by the river's flow,
tenderness in a Mall,
back in the bayou lakes,
the year of the blow,
give me a piece of cake,
geese in a barren fall,
rise slowly and croak,
don't make me bawl,
keep that trouble at bay,
no life is worth a moan,
give it one more day,
we'll go to the ball,
your face a pure glow,
diamonds make you tall,
in the brutal trades,
smile as only you know,
go beyond busy freeways,
use quieter roads.
Friday, 4 August 2023
Nancy
Some nights i ask why,
if we'll ever atone,
stars rain down like fire,
is it to our shame,
we extend the loans,
still so far from fame,
come close within my sight,
the wind is running cold,
stay a little while,
are kids and dogs your game,
then don't get old,
just remain the same,
when you hear me cry,
run from a hanging phone,
it's not enough to sigh,
buy some shiny nails,
let's get going,
a house is not a jail,
no matter how we fight,
reveal our yellow bones,
we can do this right,
breathe the ozone.
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