Ryleigh

Our day is just beginning, I dance arms out wide, river is full and brimming, he kills me with his eyes, tanned body by my side, twists his twisted smile, a cigarette dripping, drops blue water on the tide, his arms stippling, I won’t say I’ll survive, his likes cross any line, cargo ships pass us by, he isn’t made for giving, never understands a mother’s why, sin is just his trimming, I could ask for many things, Medea might use a knife, he won't demand anything, smiles and praises time.

Qiana

It only seems right to dance by the sea, where everything's bright, you woulsn't let him treat, the love he agreed, as big as a cargo fleet, learn to give him rights, make a space physically, now he's home at night, measure out your deeds don't let him greet, the limits of his needs, loving in a lilac light, beneath poplar trees, he won;t want to fly, song floods the valley, it makes you dream, everythin's within reach, when we think happy.

Paisley

He's happy can't you see, he didn't want to be alone, did not have the energy, you didn't treat him right, skimmed him like a stone, wanted to shape his nights, you have to let him be, how he dances home, now he's seen the sea, a mirror to your plight, you are the last to know, anchored to that sight, protected by an innocent shield, he'd never deliberately throw, sand on all your dreams, song rings down the valley, it makes your blood flow, love we couldn't reach, now he steals the show.

Ocean

More than a swollen eye, love holds the door ajar, hell is on the fly, inflated or in despair, she can cry if she wants, to ever begin again, if the same happens time, home is not so far, compared with this sty, made for someone's care, her life is just a hoopla, given another turn, who needs this fight, carrying misery to share, a picture of disquise, sees the harvest burn, the highway spitting tar, can't get beyond her stare, framed by water asks why, she's gone this far, forgets the war inside, swears it is her Da ?

Naomi

Before you came for me, begging for the light, you left across the sea, the sun made you burn , love you thought was right, asked the ship to turn, formed by mighty deeds, whispered sails at night, you want such terms agreed, parchment sparkles in the urn, a power beyond my sight, three days you let me learn, literacy for all to see, cushioned beneath your thighs, never broken ill at ease, you wailed out your care, love me stay a while, broken torta on your chair, fury in your smile.

Madeleine

You ask which way to go, it’s not the heat, nothing beats your show, that’s what others say, their flowers stay sweet, even after rain, you are like a warm glow, brown and sixty three, soothes any wind blowing cold, but you won’t sing today, like early April's leaves, nothing disturbs your sway, just the yellow glue, poverty turned to dreams, eats into hot summer days, don't let the doom crew, try to make it seem, you only play Blues, you're much more real.

Lilly

The passage holds a light, between drinkers and vagrants, my youngest suffers in silence, places like pig styes, behind the lip of alleys, where cruise ships lie, I go forward with a sigh, my mind an oasis contained, far from the tourist cries, their hands are tied, what you'd expect anyway, sun, sex,sea and sky, still my daughter's dying, is no one to blame, I dream of islands, wait for lamps to shine, a chapel's sweet gaze, loving darkness night, bow to an ancient flame.