Saturday, 13 December 2025
Yasmin
Put me on the train,
I can hardly speak,
listen to the rain,
bring me sunlit avenues,
not a roof that leaks,
forget about rent due,
somewhere far away,
places that don't sleep,
I’ve had enough of fakes,
say you’ll see me soon,
before I start to weep,
cry in lavender rooms,
will you rue this day,
when crazy inner needs,
all come out to play,
station flowers bloom,
love drips in the trees,
soaked and out of tune,
can you hear the sea?
Friday, 12 December 2025
Xareni
If you are so aware,
think you’re so great,
who am I to care,
am looking for a home,
a country to fit my face,
you're too far gone,
a heavy hand to bear,
the shaking down of fate,
you'll find me awake here,
heaven measures its zones,
then a voice fades,
stars are left all alone,
you chained me to a chair,
planned your great escape,
an easy Florida timeshare,
birds fill me with song,
don’t claw at my traces,
I've done nothing wrong,
let me go my way.
Thursday, 11 December 2025
Virginia
A diagnosis only half true,
I can tell the time,
on a tree-lined avenue,
you act like you know,
in the ties that bind,
breathe deep on my bones,
hope holds you aloof,
to see if they’re right,
why accept bitter fruit,
you won't be alone,
in this dawning light,
this house doesn't groan,
I'll sit near the flue,
it's not a crime,
let a fire warm you,
you have to keep going,
each steepled night,
when the kid's phone,
say oh she's fine.
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Ully
Will you stay the same,
behind your screen,
smile as we dissipate,
catch days when fine,
the lovely plane trees
hazy bars sipping wine,
now on an early train,
tell me how you feel,
are you tired this game,
believe me am not crying,
won't beg to receive,
a love that's no crime,
but what does it take,
is it my dawn novena,
to bring you back again,
when you sail the line,
laughing at the blue sea,
can trucculent stars align,
for our waves to meet?
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Teagan
It's been a while,
so there you go,
a weight in my side,
when donkeys bray,
or the cock crows,
let me have my say,
no need to unbind,
what we barely own,
walk all these miles,
a star shows the way,
frozen bright alone,
not here to play,
if you don't mind,
it's not your show,
remember the time,
hear music play,
wrapped in the snow,
is this our holy day,
so light me a fire,
desire in my soul,
try to be kind,
don't put me on hold.
Monday, 8 December 2025
Scarlett
Must you take sugared tea,
sweeteners lachrymose,
little jokes your repartee,
once you might have glowed,
I suppose,
but still live at home,
will pain starts to ease,
riding out the blow,
if you discount uncertainty,
earth spins on its globe,
something you can't close,
a door behind a stone,
who needs the sea,
why bother to roam,
when you have Ma's equity,
kids are on the 'phone,
fix a drink for three,
all's well you know,
is there space for me?
Sunday, 7 December 2025
Riley
Forget that crime will you,
the sentence to come,
drink red wine and feud,
replace those burst lips,
what passes for love,
won’t alter this,
digest broken fugues,
say you’re no good,
dipn't care for truth,
all that makes you skip,
is there to discover,
you only need a ship,
never to entwine,
your silence in blood,
delete fragments of time,
you’re not so much bitter,
to hand out the scrubs,
laugh like big hitters,
pull on your gloves.
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