Frances Raeburn

Frances Raeburn Oct 2023

Bet

If I were you
I wouldn’t bet on me
the odds are stacked
against the pureness
of your heart

Frances Raeburn Oct 2023

Read

If you are not sure where I am
can’t find me anywhere
not sure who I am
anymore
read my words
I’m in there
somewhere
swimming for the surface
Read.

Frances Raeburn Oct 2023

Pirate

You dug deep
into the heart of me
to find your gold
then claiming your treasure
laughed out loud
and sailed away.

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Downtown

I am searching for
New York City
in your eyes
wading deep
in Wall Street lies

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Manhattan

Everyone says
in a New York Minute
I’ve been here forever
trust me
it takes
ten years!

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Stranger

I have been such
a stranger here
deep inside
the inside of me
did not know
what to say
did not know
who to pay
I have been
such a stranger
here

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Tears

Do not try to
dry my tears
they have been weeping
for a hundred years
from my eyes
my mothers eyes
and the eyes of others
long gone
and disappeared