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Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
If
There is a man in my life
says he knows who I am
even knows my name
calls me by it everyday
how strange
I don’t know his name
although
I might have
maybe even would have
probably could have
if………
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
Try
let me hear you laugh
let me hear you cry
let me watch you die
into another evening
without try
let me cry
without voice
with no invoice
in the post
let me try.
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
I live within realms
of silence
I so want to relinquish
yet cannot
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
I will leave your love here
in the graveyard of regret
because I cannot take it with me
the burden
the memory
the joy
the pain
the  love
the almost
the lovely
too heavy
for my already
heartbroken
weakened heart.
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
word on the street
is you’ve been looking
for my heart
truth be told
it’s not that hard to find
in fact
I wear it on my sleeve
most Monday afternoons
Tuesday evenings
yes, those too.
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
when dawn
broke
so did I
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
let it be
let it lie
if you will
let’s be still
yes, I will
I will be still
a bit  against
my will
but I will
nevertheless be still
at least
for now
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