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Oct 2020 · 47
Honest yet....
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
My words are much too big
no one will receive them
so they bounce around the room
I certainly can’t retrieve them
so we sit and smile
eat cake
have tea
Ignore them
But they are out there now
*******
my big words
bouncing around
like mad things
Lovely
honest yet
Ignored
Oct 2020 · 71
Bleed
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Do not inch towards me
if you cannot fight for me
I have been here
too many
times
My boundaries well defined
my edges sharp and fine
Do not inch towards me
Unless you are certain
you are prepared
To bleed before you dine
Oct 2020 · 37
Sublime
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I can write two hundred poems
and more
each one fine
I can write two hundred poems and more
All in the quest
Of writing just one
not just fine
but to you
and me
totally sublime
Perfectly in time
And without
A perfectly
predictable
******
rhyme
Oct 2020 · 69
Heart ( kids)
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I tell them everyday
Be careful who you give your heart to
But they give it anyway
I can’t complain
I did the same
Oct 2020 · 57
Children (3)
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I love my boy
I love my girl
Just not sure who I am cheering for
tonight!
Oct 2020 · 39
Mess
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
No
I didn’t sign up for this
No
You got it wrong
Yes
I love the diamonds
Yes
I love the song
No
I didn’t sign up for this
Yes
I fell in love with you
No
I didn’t sign up for this
No
Yes......
No
Yes.....
Christ...
What a mess....,,
Oct 2020 · 42
Sister
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
You will always be
the best  piece
in our three piece
jigsaw family
Oct 2020 · 62
Brother
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
You will always be
the missing piece
In our three piece
jigsaw family.
Oct 2020 · 68
Round
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am nothing
If I am not
A quarter square
of this
round family
Oct 2020 · 139
and about
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am just about
And almost
A fully formed person
Thing is
When I am just about there
Either you
Or me
or they
Keep getting in my  way
Oct 2020 · 53
Chance
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
This house is way too big
for love
Our life
is way too busy for love
We need a place
smaller
Where we can
maybe find each other
a place
we feel safe
enough
To take a chance
on each other
again
Oct 2020 · 128
Absolving
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am not looking
Nor seeking
I am simply drowning in blame
I am not asking
Nor basking
I am simply absolving
Your pain
Oct 2020 · 34
Flame
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
We are nothing
Without a flame
Just lonely lost
darkness
desperately
Seeking the light
Oct 2020 · 40
Scared
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am scared
There it is
There’s the truth
This is me
Laid  bare
I am scared
Why aren’t you?
Oct 2020 · 106
Anywhere
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Have you seen me recently?
Have you seen me anywhere?
Just can’t seem to find myself
Anywhere
Listen, no pressure
no problem
But
if you happen to see me
anywhere
anytime
please call
Seriously
you have my number
Just call
Honestly
I am seriously looking
for me
Oct 2020 · 33
No
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
No
The answer is no
Although
If you continue to ask
all through tonight
and into tomorrow
if you say things
and bring things
Then
Maybe ....
Yes
Maybe... all right
Okay
Maybe
if you continue to say things
then okay
somehow
maybe
somehow
you can make it
alright
Oct 2020 · 38
Question
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I see
Two hundred steps before me
And three hundred steps behind me
Question is
Do you?
Do you see
Anything
At all?
Oct 2020 · 54
Shame
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
What a shame
We never
Got to dance!
Oct 2020 · 95
Ask
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Ask
Ask me
honesty
I will do my best
to answer
But we both know
my best will never
honestly
Be enough
for you
Or me too
Oct 2020 · 44
Light(2)
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am light
I think I was born this way
I’ve tried the dark
embraced the pain
but it doesn’t sit easy in my brain
I  am light
almost breezy
I want  easy
I am light
I think I was
Probably
born this way
Oct 2020 · 48
Probably
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am more than this
and I think that
probably
You are
Too
Sep 2020 · 48
Kiss
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Our land is rich in tears
cried from sorrow filled eyes
Our land is saturated in deep red blood
spilled for human lies
and battle cries
not worth the lies
Our land is sinking deeper
and deeper
into the abyss
Seduced and hypnotised
by the serpent’s gentle kiss
Sep 2020 · 48
Child (2)
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I don’t know the answer
I don’t know if I should
I know the world will wound you
like I knew it always would
I want to run ten feet before you
Clear the way
Slay the scrub
But I don’t know which path you’re taking
Would you tell me if you could
Sep 2020 · 125
Endless
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
The thing with these days
is that too many people
have too much to say
and they say it
Endlessly
Exhaustingly
Inexcusably
repeatedly
every
******
frigging
single
day.
Sep 2020 · 38
Stars
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Dark stars fly above me tonight
the light ones
have all taken flight
they soar
to happy places
embracing the hearts delight
I long to reach for them
again
and feel their warm sun
upon my skin
their magic
igniting
from within
Sep 2020 · 35
Maybe
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
You hang over me
Like a vague thought within a cloud
Like a word never said out loud
You hang over me
Envelop me
Devour me
Like a vague thought within
a cloud
Sep 2020 · 42
Truth (1)
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I will give you truth
because I can
It is a light
grey
white
silvery
beautiful
pearl like
pure
precious
rare
colour
Don’t make it black
Or I will take it back.
Sep 2020 · 41
Marriage
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
We have such a journey
yet to go
We lost the map
years  ago
Sep 2020 · 135
Desperate
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
There is a whole world out there
that simply doesn’t care
about your words
or mine
And a big world in here
desperately trying
to write the next
line
Sep 2020 · 35
Steps
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I will walk every step forward
with you
and more
if you will just walk one step
back
with me
every
now
and
then
Sep 2020 · 74
Locked
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
There is no safe rock
No sane mind
There is no easy route
do not look behind
There is no solid block
No ticking clock
There is no way forward
Do not break the lock
Sep 2020 · 149
Absolutely
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I want absolutely nothing more
Than to live a simpler life
dogs and ducks and daisies
And daffodils  would be nice
I want absolutely nothing more
than to live a simpler life
But the effort and the time
Would cancel the sublime!
Sep 2020 · 33
Mediocrity
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Mediocrity
will be the death of me
and I suspect of you too
Mediocrity
Grows grows voraciously
Let’s give it it’s due
Sep 2020 · 60
Evening Calls
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Evening calls
But not for me
It creeps in gently
almost silently
to comfort the lost
and lonely
Speckled navy blue caresses
ease the worried mind
arms so gentle and secure
they leave the sad behind
Evening calls
envelops the mind
with soft silky silhouettes
of saner settled times
Evening calls
each one of you
forward
faintly
to sunnier safer times
Sep 2020 · 47
Diluted
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I have been diluted by life
I started out strong and concentrated
But bit by bit
I became a weird faint colour
of the paint I used to be
Okay for decoration
for year or two
But if you want longevity
Or consistency
Or value for money
Then honestly
I’m probably not the paint for you
Sep 2020 · 37
Home
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Let’s take the long way home
For sure it’s darker
And a lot unknown
But who knows what we might discover
Under cover
Of the darkness
On the long way home
Sep 2020 · 44
Daylight (2)
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Daylight
makes its entrance
through small familiar cracks
Today announces it’s arrival
uninvited
but loudly
none the less
Reality joins the chorus
banality holds up the back
Together they defeat me
I have no answer back
Sep 2020 · 74
Battle Cry
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
There is a deep steady uncertainty upon us now
not  a one of us knows how
to soothe it with words
instead we answer the battle cry
Sep 2020 · 45
Defy
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I will lay everything I try to be
Side by side
With everything you pretend to be
And defy anyone
to know the difference
Sep 2020 · 48
Delight
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Every time you say goodnight
you take
Just another little
tiny bite
out of what could have been
and surely should have been
my total
and complete  
forever
hearts
Delight
Sep 2020 · 65
Better
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Sometimes when we talk
I am lost
In the joy
That you are
And always will be
The better part of me
Sep 2020 · 29
Dizzy
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
The world is still spinning
That much is true
But God, I have never felt so dizzy
Trying to keep it true
Sep 2020 · 30
Fade
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
As the days fade into hours
and the hours
into minutes
when seconds
beckon
like lifelines
and suddenly become precious
I will be there
to remind you that
our every second
together
has always
felt like a lifetime
Sep 2020 · 70
Being
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Nothing
Will
Ever
Compare
With
Sitting
Here
Just
Being
Totally
Square
Sep 2020 · 67
Boy
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Boy
I once knew a boy
Who laughed out loud
That’s how I found  him
In a dreary crowd!
Sep 2020 · 115
America
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
America is ablaze
With heat
And feet
Running rapidly away
Sinking in deceit
Terrified of  defeat
Sep 2020 · 117
Ack know ledge
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I will up my game
If you will too
I will  take the blame
Give it a name
I will up the stakes
acknowledge mistakes
I will up my game
If you will too
Sep 2020 · 37
No messiah
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
There is no messiah
here tonight
Jesus left
What more did you
Expect ?
Sep 2020 · 75
Bared
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I will lay myself down now
Although I am scared
I will lay myself down now
So you can be heard
I will lay myself down now
Our souls jointly bared
I will lay myself down now
Today we are paired
Sep 2020 · 70
Cusp
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
We stood there
You and I
on the cusp of everything
Two beautiful blond children
each on either side
Even then
I wanted to jump off
as we stood there
On the cusp of everything
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