Thursday, 7 March 2024

Xareni

It's quiet here now, after fifty years of need, my heart still calls home, still as the cave, where praise be, I hope to be saved, my body glistens and glows, back in this country, it's here that I grow, provide me this space, I’ll take serenity, especially on feast days, storks with barren tones, glide against the breeze, on volcano's shoulder, they heasr me pray, in light of the season, my life on the rails, in the blue dawn, stripped like a tree, my hands cover a rose, old lovers weep.

Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Victoria

I keep trouble at bay, know what this job requires, any problems look away, they pester me for loans, even if I seek the tide, you're never left alone, won't stumble in the gaze, fan their desire, no one here's that brave, scared to your bones, when they call you a liar, threaten them with guns, ride that blue wave, pretend you carry a knife, dare them look look again, you don't have to 'phone, make signals and signs, I'm good on my own, maybe what it takes, bring bellows to my fire, give me something to trade, I'm not out for hire.

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Ully

He won't stay up late, says love barely exists, lets me get my skates, the earth he explains, acts like it has a stitch, I’m not afraid, someone asks for small change, pavement tunes play this, it'd be a cheek to say, go spin your plates, do you want me in bits, crying by the door again, seeing his place, it’s as if a launderette, tumbles around with my fate, his little smile migrates, am I with another misfit, who's never seen a wage, such time of little grace, when you figure it, is it me who makes chase, something missing ?

Monday, 4 March 2024

Taelyn

I’m set to freeze, my soul strung out tight, someone set me free, in your eyes amour, just do what's right, I won't ask for more, rock me gently, say we're all on a ride, don't be unhappy, the hearts of lost souls, dance all entwined, or loll by my door, handsome, perfect, serene, you kiss me quietly, do what others only scheme, ever so tight, have I just died, and walk on water, a star across the sea, it's the Easter light, bathing me in dreams, everything's alright.

Sunday, 3 March 2024

Sage

You scream the bitter news, in troubled nights, as if you knew, all the different ones, left hanging on the line, we loved now gone, fire burns up the flue, show me how to cry, when you are so blue, it’s not me unlocked, something deep inside, everything held and lost, no matter what you use, however much you try, no one is immune, who cares if I’m crocked, can still swim the tide, shine beyond my shock, you will smell my perfume, clouds furl against the sky, death brings no curfew, even when we die.

Saturday, 2 March 2024

Reign

Before my fame, I only thought of you, the money that you craved, shadows curl in smoke, against an awful truth, shocked again I'm broke, you always laid waste, my successful tunes, in this different age, clubs I sang at before, long vibrant rooms, stripped to the bone, inside the Royal cafe's, where I made them swoon, passed the same way, give me a simple note, make lonely men soothed, betrayals atoned, I will begin again, it is hardly news, play me in some serenade, name it lemon blue.

Friday, 1 March 2024

Quenna

How can you identify, which common spore, lies between earth and sky, what has been forced, on this Spring tide, when truth is sought, don't need an inquiry, to witness the crime, when it gets buried, you know the score, during black night, those who laugh like horses, others drink whiskey, and talk of hard lives, it makes them happy, if all ends in nought, you don’t need a wife, to scrub the floor, security lighs, pool over our doors, at Easter's first sighting, who'll raise the poor ?