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May 2021 · 89
Be
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Be
There are about three billion words
on the inside of me
on the outside
Man, they are struggling
to be
May 2021 · 128
Army
Frances Raeburn May 2021
I hear you
thanks
I hear loudly
thanks
I just choose
not to dance
your dance
while the army of
injustice
make their first
honestly heard
advance
May 2021 · 83
Imagine
Frances Raeburn May 2021
I will loosen my hold on you
no questions
no answers
if you will too
imagine
we could both fly free
imagine
the people we could
be
May 2021 · 370
Voice
Frances Raeburn May 2021
There’s a voice
deep inside all of us
we can’t name it
although we blame it
for telling us
our everyday
truth
May 2021 · 115
Weird
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Don’t be that weird person
we always promised each other
we would never
ever
be.
May 2021 · 273
When
Frances Raeburn May 2021
I lost you
just can’t remember where
somewhere in between last night
and here
or maybe somewhere
in between last year
and there
just can’t remember
when
or where........
May 2021 · 288
Instead
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Blue, green, navy, red
lets find our own colour
instead.
May 2021 · 93
When
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Can I just say
last night
I fell in love with you
all over again
and I suddenly remembered
when
May 2021 · 226
Two
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Two
Your words
hit  my brain
like a ten ton lorry
too big
too sure
too clever
for me
to ever
ever
be brave enough
to
ask you
to
explain
May 2021 · 96
Give
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Give me your heart
and I will put it with mine
away forever
secure in a safe
the combination known
only
to us
May 2021 · 208
Slaughter
Frances Raeburn May 2021
The most beautiful sand ever
beneath my feet
the most beautiful people
eyes could ever meet
India
her sons
her daughters
laid out
today
sacrosanct
and
sacrificed
for slaughter
May 2021 · 167
Land
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Grab my wrist
I will not resist
pull me up
so I still exist
grab my soul
from this stagnant land
May 2021 · 284
Flower
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Write me a flower
write me a poem
write me  better
take me half the way
home
Apr 2021 · 120
Dense
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
It is dense here
Rummaging around inside your mind
Let’s let a little light in
see what we can find
Apr 2021 · 95
Madness
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
I can leave
that’s the easy bit
I can walk away
but can you
in your madness
ever stay away?
Apr 2021 · 74
Cries
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Nobody actually
made it out alive
those who survived
stifled  our children’s
cries
Apr 2021 · 86
Looking
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Heres's life
looking at me sideways
Here’s you
looking at me too
Apr 2021 · 277
Quite
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
I’m not a saint
not quite good enough
I’m not a sinner
not quite bold enough
yet
Apr 2021 · 99
Deep
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
We will have to dig deep
to find what is beneath
the random words
we throw
at each other
every day
Apr 2021 · 66
Paradise
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
We have a little strand of
paradise
fragile
silvery
beautiful
rare
barely ours
hardly touch it
don’t strain
do not breath
or it will surely
break
into tiny fragments
of what our paradise
was supposed to
be
Apr 2021 · 62
Tomorrow
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Don’t judge me too harshly
for staying up  a bit too late
I have seen tomorrow
and it don’t look that
great
Apr 2021 · 347
Children
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Nothing
enrages me
or engages me
quite as much as
you two
I suspect
you feel the same way
too
Apr 2021 · 110
Shadows
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
There are no shadows
quite as dark as yours
they dull my brightest day
they cast grey upon my stay
they follow me
everywhere
scare me with their power
every single
every each
every painfully
tortured
hour
Apr 2021 · 455
Wonders
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
There are seven
wonders of the world
and three of them
are sitting here
right here
right now
at home
with me.
Apr 2021 · 60
Untitled
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Unwritten
Unread
Unsaid
Apr 2021 · 99
Untitled
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
If your smile  did not make it
real
If your love did make me
Feel
Apr 2021 · 66
Love
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
I
seriously suspect
this is what love
is supposed to be
you and me
No questions
No answers
I seriously suspect
this is what love
was always meant to
be
If only
they knew
Apr 2021 · 45
Home
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Said he would build me
an honest home
and in fairness
he did
Apr 2021 · 50
Honestly
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Everything
I have ever said
Believe me
in all truth
I honestly
have
over said
to everyone else
Apr 2021 · 105
Untitled
Apr 2021 · 121
Almost
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
With a few good friends
a life that was almost
gone
can be built again
Almost right again
with a few good friends
Apr 2021 · 134
Here
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
We have been here
so many times before
in the name of sanity
and more
please let’s not choose to go
here
anymore
Apr 2021 · 60
JR again
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
You are without doubt
The best person
I could never
live without
Apr 2021 · 92
Children
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Tonight
Right here
Right now
I miss you
Probably more than I will miss you
yesterday
more than I missed you
tomorrow
right here
Right now
I miss you
I miss you
but
I quieten my screams
Apr 2021 · 84
Jules
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
It’s a fine thread
Between
Your heart and mine
silken and fine
like rich red wine
don’t break the line
and nor
will I
trust in me
and we will be fine
Apr 2021 · 390
John
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
This is so much better
Than I expected
and you
God,
so much more than
I deserve
even for me
Apr 2021 · 63
First
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
The first little humans
who taught me that  I could
love
anyone
anywhere
anytime
anyhow
either way
whatever way
forever stay
it was you
all five of
you
so
Thank you
Apr 2021 · 258
Crazy
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
There are but
two words
that matter in my
world
and  in my heart
You
and
my  crazy family
maybe that makes it
three
Apr 2021 · 54
Hire
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
There is a small town girl
about me
that I lost
but still admire
when the lights go down
in New York City
is this really me
left out to dry
and for hire?
Apr 2021 · 99
She
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
She
She knows all there is to know
and just a little bit more
and yet
she goes to bed
tries to sleep
then realises
she knows
to much awful
to sleep
Apr 2021 · 99
Door
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
All right then
lets leave it now
lets park it at the door
you are right
And I
well, I am just the girl
who agreed
to park it at the door
Apr 2021 · 157
Daughter
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
You offer
Tiny sprinkles of yourself
the bits you think I will like
and I do
I just wonder about the dusty
dark damp bits
that I could love
even more
Apr 2021 · 79
Hold
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Hold your breath
We’re going down fast
and deep
hold your breath
and me
we are sinking so fast
it’s not possible
we could
ever last
Apr 2021 · 85
Difference
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
In a world of indifference
you made a difference
at least
to me
and that
is worth the
difference
Apr 2021 · 310
Words
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
These words
mean nothing
unless read
by you
Apr 2021 · 74
Where
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Where do you go when
you leave me?
to a land of clear and clarity
is that honestly
so much better
that sitting here
totally
confused
and cluttered
with me?
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Where are you
when you’re not here
beside me
Is it so much brighter
elsewhere?
Apr 2021 · 77
Real
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Thank you for
the ‘likes’
the ‘loves’
the ‘reposts’
Would you like to know me
instead
or would that be a little too real
inside your head?
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