Zara

Who can resist, or diminish the claim, often given in a fist, hidden by mount Fraternity, there's a terrible waste, murder bellows at our feet, beware those who seek bliss, you turn to me and say, who can we ever trust, the valleys tick with heat, it grants us little space, the sky is all seeing, hear the serpent's hiss, you say again, truth will absolve us, everything we try to reach, trouble still reigns, failure drips on our streets, uncertain questions resist, just being tossed away, everyone seeks justice, temper bitter flame.

Yachi

Your ice cold fish knife, is no child's game, held towards my eyes, chasing glory this end, the woman you wish to shame, inside a circle of friends, a chaste siren of strife, outside of fire's blame, who cannot be a wife, heathens demand you bend, they love you at Canaan, Africa is your stipend, who can diminish your sight, you cross into fame, sometimes in wayward flight, nothing's beyond your ken, your movement ablaze, glory where you can spin, silk to bright names.

Xena

Will you not listen, don't live by taking, gold is only glisten, understand obfuscate, kindness above probate, try,cry, strive, create, enjoy bliss at Christmas, pray for energy every day, even if questions persist, actions more appropriate, come from others every way, who are we to fulminate, we know cruel prison, it can't rule our fate, ghettoes we escape from, in a fiery blue oblate, reason is never too late, dance at kissing gates, celebrate our horizons.

Valerie

You know how to trace, a lifetime of greed, where love disintegrates, sometimes I wonder, if it's in your creed, to gift or bury lovers, the doubts you fake, driven by surly need, are they parts of fame, blue conscripted slumbers, bearing kindness to the sea, slaying dreams of futures, tremble so you say, in unquiet days soliloquy, only given by taking, a high heeled loner, lipsticked songs make happy, love split asunder, on altars of celebrity.

Ulyssa

Sister what was that time, when I sought you on trains, sweated in different climes, did you catch me running, legs like pipes in rain, did you look and mock, the great ports of Byzantine, say God is not afraid, if there is love inside, see my tears help me stop, we all pray the same, don't turn away and lock, your gaze away from mine, invite me into your game, say everything's fine, chains bind me here on rocks, freighters ply their ancient lanes, above me the sun mocks, please give me your name.

Tai

You'd gamble everything, your sisters say, even if it makes you scream, within your bones, don't you ever retain, the grace to atone, committments you sling, fight lovers in the rain, always one for happenings, going out or coming home, can't see it any other way, smoking in your cafe' clothes, maybe you laugh or sing, dance in sunlight never strain, feel any need for Bling, isn't there a slope, you might slide down again, dishing all your hopes, you might feel the sting, us your siblings display, confused by mother's harping, shouting who's to blame ?

Sarah

Deep set eyes this June, her work sets her free, even if she loves too soon, what separates wooden nails, stretched canvas lets her see, painting is her game, working by the raging moon, she smells the mound of Liberty, lifts her when she swoons. can still feel the pain, in yellow nights of dreams, even if she looks the same, a brace of scurried goons, spill the bottle's seams, men like portraits tuned, gone from that terrain, doubtful of their schemes, pencils in another frame, splits another masterpiece.