Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Bailey

Your smile lets you prance, no fear of being sought, by smart tongued chit chat, let all the bean counters, show you the course, you look good turn around, live what is chanced, sing yourself hoarse, accept praise of your balance, discard those who rant, if they make you taut, forget all the glib answers, hold your nerve and ask, why they're so fraught, sip whisky from a flask, regret missed chances, work out the score, bury failure in the ground, you'll always dance, unlike many caught, won't look askance, at those who are frozen.

Monday, 27 November 2023

Anastasia

God knows if they're right, that he will try anything, sunlight, water, sky, like the tide off Burbo Bank, his smile is estuary wide, begins where I'm back, he never leaves my side, but sits here and sings, like someone on fire, his lungs are like tanks, he bellows take everything, could prise open a bank, next to him i slide, his lips twist sugary, sweetened by constant lies, tobacco blonde eyes cranked, a dancer whose fame decides, to walk tall and swank, I dance in the tide, my day is just beginning, no obe sees me sigh, fresh, alive, giving.

Sunday, 26 November 2023

Zuri

Times that brought her, yellow nights of feasting, she dreams of summer, let others condone, that passing disease, leaving of a broken home, more than any daughter, she'll do what's needed, forging her own laughter, like a polished stone, she stands by the sea, understands hurricane zones, love seeps on the air, it reaches her knees, she breasts the water, for matters gone, she knows what to believes, welcomes the dawn, nourished by prayer, she cries when released, someone to care, it isn't that easy.

Saturday, 25 November 2023

Yolanda

She laughs and hums a tune, says it’s stupid to lie, it’s just what we do, we stroll around the garden, she gives another sigh, grandkids are late home, it's like a whispered ooh, she stumbles in plain sight, drink fills the afternoon, what makes the same hollow, a broken cry, she thinks of those below, says don’t ask for truth, it's like the night, someone's always ruined, she’s not one for show, not since 1965, says they rolled that blow, gently sipping Vermouth, voices come from on high men tell all they knew, she really did fly.

Friday, 24 November 2023

Xeni

Brilliant stones, whisper your name, shining waters groan, in trouble you heed, find solace each day, soon you'll feel, you are never alone, dance all their games, beat out the moans, protect every sea, don't let panic reign, fishermen tend creels, Calcium is for bones, rely upon staying sane, no one really atones, birds who drop seed, sing only for fame, before a flower bleeds, sing a fiery contralto, weave amongst flames, give everything you own, follow him this way.

Thursday, 23 November 2023

Willa

Time jingles and sings, my insides screech, I need another drink, between home and missing you, help me to frame, what I need to do, your smile shrinks, lemon blue by the sea, makes me stop and think, why kill the truth, ditch my own conceit, a conscience keep in ruin, in another blink, so eager to squeeze, memories, thought you were a king, they echo my blues, why make a coward's retreat, no dreams to rue, wait here's a chink, my stars scattered easy, fly away before i sink, you won't sleep easy.

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Verity

Make offers out of pity, nothing by eternal grace, absolves my swollen feet, betrayed in my moans, I wander about this place, thumpong heart against bone, there is no churning story, blown in on the rain, for me to do solitary, alone at some grotto, I still see his face, why ask me to atone, slay all my mystery, given holy days, what price is offertory, my sad jokes tell me, fools play useless games, he's still here beside me, I don't plan to deceive, use ribbons as a piety, who would believe, I asked him to stay ?