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Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
always wondered
what it would be like
to be in love with someone
just as cool as you
never quite had the nerve
until now
how come it’s not all
us schoolgirls
dreamt
it would be
Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
You and I
are going nowhere
I say
fair enough
you say
let’s go there
anyway.
What does this life desire of me,
that it granted and
then removed,
the knowledge of perfection?
leaving me striving,
writhing,
shivering unceasingly,
in my saddened, bursting,
hacking and hackneyed chest
Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
how strange
between us now
that silence
shouts
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
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
You dug deep
into the heart of me
to find your gold
then claiming your treasure
laughed out loud
and sailed away.
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