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Aug 2022 · 151
Are
Frances Raeburn Aug 2022
Are
I have no
regrets
about who we were
just one or two
about
who we are
Aug 2022 · 109
Ghost
Frances Raeburn Aug 2022
I am alive
in this company
my laugh
louder than most
my smile
if you take a second look
nice but
just a shadow of
a ghost
Aug 2022 · 239
Words
Frances Raeburn Aug 2022
I will take back my words
now
in case you should stop
someday
soon
and see them standing
starkly
before you
Jul 2022 · 192
Less
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
You make me

a little
less
like real
Jul 2022 · 154
Score
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
I have packed up
the best  bits of you and me
to keep us safe
woke up this. morning
evened the score.
Jul 2022 · 123
If only
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
I give her to you
my love has died
give her everything
I would have
if only I had tried
Jul 2022 · 474
See
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
See
I see you
maybe
for the first time
and the seeing
hurts my eyes.
Jul 2022 · 112
Stop
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
You wake me
when I sleep
stop me
before I leap
Jul 2022 · 673
Gasp
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Little bits of you
drip into my brain
at 3 am
most nights
causing me to wake
and gasp
struggle for breath
but not
in a good way.
Jul 2022 · 575
Why
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Why
Why do you speak
in capitals
and love in lower case?
Jul 2022 · 380
Love
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
the girl is not not in love
she is just not  totally
in love in love
either.
Jul 2022 · 114
Brave
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
I believe you are brave enough
to love me
you carry a. weapon
to even up.the score
Jul 2022 · 130
Just
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
and just when there was
nothing left to say
you spoke
Jul 2022 · 103
She
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
She
she cannot be
who she wants to be
so she spends her day
being who
she is expected
to be.
Jul 2022 · 117
Envy
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
I envy the smile
that sits so easily
upon your face
Jul 2022 · 110
Fit
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Fit
come and live with me
in my world
for a bit
I promise you
it will only change the bits
of you
that no longer fit
Jul 2022 · 124
Just
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
tears are just water
and we all need water
to live.
Jul 2022 · 95
That
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
give me your love
the very best of you
I will inhale it
without care
for that is what I do.
Jul 2022 · 137
Say
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Say
after all this time
and all these years
after ten million words
and all these tears
suddenly
I realise
there is nothing
left to say.
Jul 2022 · 119
Still
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
sometimes
I regress
to a little sister
desperately
seeking your love
still
Jul 2022 · 100
Sister
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
and then
yet again
as usual
it was
just us
Jul 2022 · 149
Anniversary
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
I am glad
you are the one
who ended up
knowing me
the best
Jul 2022 · 96
Pain
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Excuse me
you dropped this
upon the subway floor
a whole world of pain
do you want it
or will I close the door?
Jul 2022 · 98
I
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
I
I am not your
beautiful
anymore
Jul 2022 · 73
Lost
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
we are lost at sea
the radio broken
the winds ten force
totally off course.
Jul 2022 · 94
Me
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Me
Thank you
for seeing
me
when I am blind
Jul 2022 · 128
And
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
And
and then
and most
unexpectedly
I was suddenly
plunged
deep into tomorrow.
Jul 2022 · 80
Snow
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
When did the
snow
turn into pain?
Jun 2022 · 626
Burnt
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
I have burnt my bridges
and the heat
from those  flames
marks my skin
everyday
Jun 2022 · 121
Delivered
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
The postman delivered
your letter
It’s just two hundred years
too late
and two hundred words
out of date
Jun 2022 · 135
Time
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
Time
falls heavy upon us now
where once
it was forever
Time
will make fools of us now
make small
our best endeavour
Jun 2022 · 127
Exhausted
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
I am exhausted
I know you are too
let’s lie down
beside each other now
catch a breath
or two
Jun 2022 · 478
Struggle
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
Thank you
for
getting the point of me
and still loving me
when
I struggle
to get the point
of us
Jun 2022 · 295
Things
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
In all honesty
I have nothing important or
relevant left to say
but I am definitely
going to say things
anyway
Jun 2022 · 130
Hush
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
Hush now
Let’s be still
let the dark navy blue majestic sky
quieten  your cry
Jun 2022 · 99
Want
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
You want to be stronger than me
you are
You want to be higher than me
you are
You want to be better than me
you are
You want to be taller than me
you are
You want to be richer than me
you are
You want to be smarter than me
you are
You want to be fancier than me
you are
You want to be more wanted than me
you are
You want to be heard more than me
you are
You want to be more revered than me
you are
You want to be funnier than me
Oooops
You are not !
Jun 2022 · 83
vague
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
talk me gently
into tomorrow
make today
a vague memory
Jun 2022 · 113
then
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
and then out of nowhere
there was you.
Jun 2022 · 288
Burden
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
You said your burden was too heavy
as we trudged through the
deep December snow
you had to lay it down now
the winds were too high
too harsh
too cold
I didn’t see you go
I was too busy trudging through
my own deep December snow.
Jun 2022 · 106
Knot
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
I am knot  in love
but I am knot
not in love.
Jun 2022 · 228
Come ‘on
Jun 2022 · 82
You
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
You
I wonder
if anyone
has ever been
as wrong
about someone
as I have been
about you
May 2022 · 218
Dices
Frances Raeburn May 2022
Roll the dice then
I’ll take my chances
we both know
only one of us
can win
May 2022 · 144
Mistaken
Frances Raeburn May 2022
You have not mistaken me
for someone you used to know
You have mistaken me
for someone  I used to be
May 2022 · 118
Offend
Frances Raeburn May 2022
I have too many words
running riot  inside my head
they spill out
unintentionally
at party’s
dinners
and soirées
offend the great
seal my fate.
May 2022 · 284
Rain
Frances Raeburn May 2022
I am harsh upon you
this much I know
my love rains hard upon you
like a deep December snow
May 2022 · 146
Bits
Frances Raeburn May 2022
Let me give you the bits of
the conversation
we should not be having
so we can decide
together
which bits are worth
saving.
May 2022 · 262
Left
Frances Raeburn May 2022
when it was
one thirty three
you said
you loved me
by three thirty three
you had already left me
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