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Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
You ask me to dance
and I accept
but as we move across the floor
I see the ghosts
of who we once were
dancing
just above us
ghosts of us
circling
the who we once were
when we used to dance
boldly
carelessly
effortlessly
when we glided
and glided
heads held back
laughing out loud
for all the world to see
without ghosts
gliding
reminding
of who we used to be
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
I don’t care
about the money
I just really really
honestly
believe me now
I just really really
care
about the dance.
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
Lay
Lay your feelings down on me
God knows
I have laid mine heavily
upon you
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
I will leave my words here now
scattered upon the floor
as I have
so many times before
gather them or discard them
reject them or suspect them
scorn them or pity them
love them or lose them
or simply dismiss them
as you have done
so many times before
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
I left before
you
that was my only
crime
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
Hello there
Well, hello you too
I’ve never seen anyone with hair like you
it wasn’t good
it wasn’t great
but you know what
it was enough!
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
somewhere in the the depths of this
I saw myself
drowning in pain
it was a distant and silent view
somewhere lost in tomorrow
I saw myself
desperately reaching for the surface
it was exhausting and harrow
somewhere in the shadow.of this
I see myself
swimming  desperately swimming
desperately searching for the shore
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