Frances Raeburn

Frances Raeburn Apr 7

First

I don’t know
when the tears came
and overtook me
but I suspect
it was just
around the time
I first met you

Frances Raeburn Mar 22

Save me

save me
and I
will save
you too
my arms
are strong
but forgive me
your arms
at least to me
right here
right now
seem
a little bit
not strong.

Frances Raeburn Mar 22

Somewhere

I tried
you lied
you tried
I lied
between
the trying
and
the lying
somehow
somewhere
in between
the lying and
the trying
somehow
somewhere
love
started
dying.

Frances Raeburn Mar 22

Come’On!

there is nowhere
like tomorrow
no one I know
has ever been there
Come ‘on
Let’s go!

Frances Raeburn Mar 22

JR

Look at your father
laugh a bit
if you will
but know this
if you know nothing else
ever
as long as you live
this
is the purest
most honest
love
you
for the rest
of your life
will ever
know!

Mar 22

Erika

half full

i used to spend my days
pouring myself
into the cups of others

only to find
that when it was time
for myself to take a sip

all that was left
in my cup
was the remainder of a girl
who gave

too much