Unity

This is not happy, jelly in my thoughts, each day an eternity, such a fall from grace, cast adrift forlorn, why blame it on fate, make a fool of reason, laugh when I'm caught, spitting at the seasons, you’ll read this and shake, attest to my call, no matter how it hesitates, deny even the sea, wonder at fog horns, booming into empty, will you raise the stakes, fear of being torn, bring me back again, who needs purgatory, sitting on a wall, thinking is it just me, not wanting to fall?

Talia

If you need another home, help me to say, what you know is gone, all I need to do, is unravel the waste, reach out for the new, in troubled zones, seek solace each day, hope you're not alone, the sea is lemon blue, my day is turning late, I have learned to cook, here within my bones, love will find a way, without being shown, sought only by the few, with no thought for gain, strife belays this truth, brilliant stones, still glisten in your name, find them don't moan, live to try again.

Stephanie

Why live in a haze, it's not like that time, you stuck like cellophane, best not to moan, warm holy wine, you are only a loan, take or jump trains, scour every line, act out a perfect way, proud in beat up clothes, try to look fine, even on your bones, make a step change, scrape off the grime, rise up where you lay, if someone groans, tell them bye bye , get out of that zone, allow all you celebrate, let your heart fly, find love Scheherazade, know your own mind.

Rowan

Can you tell me why, think you’ve been chosen, above all the other guys, stare at shared spaces, you’re mouth frozen, reach for stupid phrases, sing your favourite lines, ply me with roses, accept all I deny, beyond our children’s faces, make laughter ride unbroken, love them at their stations, asleep on the hillside, welcome living's bonus, arms longing for the sky, what settles the debate, won’t bother to follow us, simply fixes our traces, a flower at my side, just some little token, come here my sugarpie, what remains unspoken ?

Queenie

For each bit of you, in case anyone enquires, you don’t give a hoot, life is a trombone, played in a choir, who cares if no one phones, a little cup of ruin, shines brighter than fire, it gets you in tune, don't think they don't know, this poisoous desire, twists in you alone, sings the same truth, demands who's for hire, searches for some clue, if someone chokes, then suddenly expires, receive their life's song, dance on the avenue, cry on the wire, pray for all your dues, nothing beats a tryer.

Paige

What do you care, sprinkle salt on my traces, tell me what to wear, games you play aren’t easy, swing all over the place, hide where I can't see, say you want to share, kissing all my face, why put me here, in chains to the sea, rolling waves in your gaze, a daily line to empty, hard to fathom what's fair, when a voice gets raised. consumer goods only snare, ship them downstream, I'm for mandatory escape, oh, now so sugar-sweet, are you scared, think this is a holiday, see the tide over there, what is washed away ?

Oakleigh

You ask if I'll cope, if you could only help, to take us back home, why make me suffer, away from your Lens, don't need your buffer, stay out of my zone, you might mean well, but I’m better alone, then there's your mother, to keep in her shell, if not her then another, I’ll roll with the blow, sit on stools of leather, my skin tanned from snow, cocktails and scents, a life untethered, by you or your friends, will laugh at the rope, you dangle bereft, if that's all your hope, forget about heaven.