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Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
Son
When did you grow
into you
I must have been asleep
when did you get so brave
I must have been asleep
when did you start to behave
I must have.been asleep
when did you question the answer
I must have been asleep
when did you answer the question
I must have been asleep
when did you grow
into you
Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
if we say stop
scream stop
shout stop
cry stop
utter stop
whisper stop
whimper stop
long enough
loud enough
enough enough
then surely
at some point
eventually
enough will be enough
at some point
surely?
Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
my words weep
tears
my tears weep
words
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
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