Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Xareni

Will they bind my feet, use me in the old ways, put chains around my knees, i leave it upto you, in your stupid craze, to get me far from view, as memory of home recedes, and other houses merely fade, who will hear me weep, forget those somnolent crews, with eyes as big as graves, no one else will do, in gardens of St Bedes, acts of love confer grace, bypass all uncertainty, don't ignore the few, when we struggle to face, how to play this tune, strew kindness to our sleep, bring askance to our days, let us learn to recieve, a voice in golden haze.

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Winnie

Places south east of love, what it means to be, sunk deep in the dust, no windmills on hills nearby, just a little yellow scree, what else would you find, take a measure or a glug, you can’t wriggle away, escape this parchment trust, give a small collective cry, why build heaps like these, what purlieus they prescribe, it just won't do to Cuss, think of water running free, life sometimes needs a plug, look at these empty skies, are we raised on the cheap, I am only asking why, we can't live by the sea ?

Monday, 20 January 2025

Viola

Reading makes us wise, what they tell us anyway, hold my head up high, from the mountain breeze, brings memory of his ways, mighty rivers unleash, love to billowing skies, join the mighty waves, i could gaze and die, I'm telling you baby, tears stream across my face, you're a fool to leave me, threshing in the night, burning ancient flames, our paths gone from sight, a necklace holds my keep, makes me seem a lady, I gave you choices creep, set my heart ablaze

Sunday, 19 January 2025

Ulani

If nothing scares us by day, how can we be happy, when night times rage, we are never alone, but it takes such energy, God tells us so, we all know some say, what's fate or destiny, but then who ascertains, living here among the bones, Americans don't do uncertainty, women and men finely honed, celebrate softly by the way, departed hollow fraternity, my moods calmed by rain, different from Mrs Jones, who would want to state, be witness to and condone, what's done in my name.

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Thomasina

If we're good we'll address, love we're holding still, toil by water to confess, take the time to pray, how we'll eat our fill, let others mend our aches, strange days land at rest, our eyes beyond the hills, help us face such duress, deserts bode an empty fame, a sextant makes us shrill, dancing sight of sea again, God will find us blessed, our ship's waiting thrill, a flight to change address, no more fear than gain, nighttime proves our skill, fix our battered sails, hope you cannot kill.

Friday, 17 January 2025

Suzie

She dances without asking why , it's what she likes to do, gives it one more try, all the love she's shown, comes blowing back to you, makes it one last throw, worms beneath her feet deny, fishing baskets are their due, everyone has the same right, and the lover she's outgrown, no more hides at truth, warms its own cold bones, are there any easy nights, other than doodle doo, bankers hang you out to dry, won't go back to loans, her bond's beyond the sky, done with strutting moaners, shipwrecks of design.

Thursday, 16 January 2025

River

If you would only see, in this strange slattern light, ballast carries no sympathy, cough from a cigarette throat, look up at swollen skies, why let drink keep you afloat, it won't stand scrutiny, this somehow baleful plight, a waste of God's sympathy, when you travel the coast, find what's lost at night, not a wind that chills you most, this latest trip's no guarantee, between you and lost rights, how you want to be, you knows that it's toast, to eschew dreams even slight, Cmon now gather your boat, laugh at running tides.