Frances Raeburn

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

Touch

Love
it comes
and glows
then disappears
like smoke
upon touch

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

Line

I won’t
throw you a
a line
I am
not quite
that brave

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

Years

it’s a long walk back
I said
we walked here earlier
you said
I know but
the grass looked greener
then

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

Mistaken

You haven’t mistaken me
for someone
you used to know
You have mistaken me for someone
I used to be

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

Nice

This is nice
I said
this is love
he said
No,
this just nice like
I said

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

I

You asked for truth
I tried.

Frances Raeburn Nov 2023

Never

I never told you
forever
I never promised
tomorrow
and for what
it’s worth
at this late stage
neither
did you.