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80 · Sep 2023
You
Frances Raeburn Sep 2023
You
Most of you
is gone from me now
snippets remain
your smile
your brown eyes
the way you saw the world
your indifference
your belief in me
your difference
to me
your belief in strange
I was not brave enough
even though we both
wished me so.
80 · Dec 2021
Fade
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
I walk in in
as you walk out
I speak loud
as you fade out
80 · Mar 2024
Drip
Frances Raeburn Mar 2024
you drip feed me
the truth
because you love me
I drip feed you
my love
because
it’s the right thing to do.
80 · Jan 2023
Clean
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
nothing
before
has ever
been
quite
as
clean
as this team
80 · Jan 2022
Fingertips
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
My fingertips
tell me
how much I miss
human touch
80 · May 24
Missing you.
when there was
no more you
wasn’t quite sure
what to do
so just made a big deal
out of missing you
79 · Apr 2021
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
79 · Dec 2024
Never
Frances Raeburn Dec 2024
If I live to be two  hundred and ten
actually if I live until
next Tuesday
I will never love again
as I have loved you.
79 · Oct 2021
You
Frances Raeburn Oct 2021
You
I am swimming in a  sea of you
I am drowning in too much of you
I am climbing the Everest of you
I am delving into the deep of you
I am inhaling the worst of you
I am crying for the loss
and the best of you
79 · Nov 2024
Parts
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
We still have
a small chance
a window, if you will
to be
the kind of family
we always wanted
to be
that we should be
but the clock
is ticking
and ticking
and ticking
so loudly
it is beginning  to silence
the decent and real
tiny parts of me
79 · Feb 26
Smile
your smile came back to
me today
unexpectedly
in the shower
still can’t believe
you are a liar .
79 · Mar 7
Let go
let love go
and I will too
let go of me
and
I promise
I can also
let go of you.
79 · Jan 2023
Imagine
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
Imagine
what we could have been
if we had only
tried
79 · Feb 2024
Marc with a C
Frances Raeburn Feb 2024
of all the smiles
ever given to me
and there’s been a few
the best smile
was the one you gave to me
in ‘94
as you ran to me
arms outstretched
love unattached
straight into my arms
with your love for me
written all over
the man I knew
you would eventually be.
79 · Sep 2021
Jule
Frances Raeburn Sep 2021
She is gone
again
just as quickly has she
arrived
like a wisp of smoke
again
like a sunrise missed
again
like a moment lost
again
like an opportunity
known again
like love
found again
78 · Dec 2021
Jr
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
Jr
You are everyone
and everything
I ever wanted to be
it would always be a reach
for someone like me
but just living with you
elevates me
78 · Sep 2023
Family
Frances Raeburn Sep 2023
my heart has not yet missed a beat
if it ever were to
it would only be
because you three
were out of arms reach
to me
78 · Mar 3
Bad
Bad
You do know
the best I can give you
is a bad reputation
78 · Dec 2020
God
Frances Raeburn Dec 2020
God
God
if they only knew
they would be queueing up
just
to have a conversation
with you
78 · Jan 2022
Wonders
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
There are seven wonders of the world
I sat here tonight
and had dinner
with three of them.
78 · Jan 2023
Hanging
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
I think our love
a little bit saggy now
no dancing beneath the stars
no hanging in late night bars
more sunrise
than sunset
but still
I’m hanging with
you!
78 · Nov 2021
Missed
Frances Raeburn Nov 2021
I have missed
the very best parts
of you
78 · Jan 2022
Once
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
I still believe
somewhere
very deep on the inside
of you
lives the someone
I once knew
78 · Jan 2023
How
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
How
How come
you whisper
and I hear
a roar ?
78 · Feb 23
Know
You do know
don’t you?
that all of this
means nothing
if we don’t both love it
if we are both not
in all honesty
true
you do know that
don’t you?
78 · Aug 2021
Sunrise
Frances Raeburn Aug 2021
Eventually
the lies disappear
like smoke upon touch
the truth appears
without warning
that it could ever mean so much
eventually
morning dawns
from a night filled with tears
eventually
without the fanfare
life starts again
to everyone’s surprise
we awake
again
a little embarrassed
again
to a glorious
and  unexpected
sunrise.
77 · Mar 2022
Steel
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
This should be beautiful
and real
instead
it’s difficult
and steel
77 · Dec 2021
End
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
End
My love
was always worth
more
and a little more respect
than the
end
of us
77 · Jan 2023
Love
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
Leave all of your love
strewn carelessly
across the floor
anything else
I would abhor
77 · Apr 29
Look
this
what we have done
together
these little humans
we have
nurtured
together
and tossed out
into the world
together
this
what we have done
together
is way more than
we could have ever
done
apart
just stand back
give it a beat
look at them
listen to them
they are amazing
and our whole
life’s work.
77 · Jan 2021
Tourist
Frances Raeburn Jan 2021
I am a tourist
in your life but
I lost my map
and my appetite
at the last beauty spot
77 · Sep 2024
JR
Frances Raeburn Sep 2024
JR
I live
with the person
I aspire to
be
77 · Mar 3
Pour
Pour me another life
I will drink
to that
all night
and deep into
tomorrow
I suspect
you probably will too
Cheers!
77 · Oct 2024
Try
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.
77 · Nov 2024
Unknown
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
if you will let
the words you
say
stand still
and strong
then
so will I
I will dance with
my words
deep into tonight
and way into
our unknown
tomorrow
77 · Jan 2021
Cannot
Frances Raeburn Jan 2021
I cannot breath
because the pain
you cause
kills
my will
and my spirit
my grit
I cannot breath
because your boot
is bigger
and louder
and way more important
than my
life
77 · Apr 19
Talk
You talk about love
like you feel
You talk about tomorrow
like you know
You talk about us
like its real.
77 · Nov 2023
Dance
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
I don’t care
about the money
I just really really
honestly
believe me now
I just really really
care
about the dance.
77 · Nov 2024
Mother
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
I miss you
god, here  it is.
now, at last
it’s been said
out loud
no words
no rhymes
can describe
how much I miss you
or
who I am
without you
or
the fact
that
I miss you
here it is
out loud
at last
I miss you
now it’s said.
77 · Feb 2022
Sure
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
I  am not sure
and I have travelled
a lot
met every version
of us
and me
and you
and more
and still
I am not sure
77 · Oct 2020
Be
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Be
This is probably
The best that I can be
yes, this is probably
it for me
I would like to offer more
and more
and more
even up the score
but in all honestly
this is probably
The best that that I can be
77 · Apr 2021
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?
77 · Mar 2021
Good
Frances Raeburn Mar 2021
I may not be in love
but let me tell you
how that feels

Good
77 · Mar 9
Why
Why
this
is a beautiful life
and my bit in it
is divine
and way more than
I deserve
in any currency
so why can I not see me
and life
from the
outside
and those who are looking in?
76 · Jan 2022
Neigh
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
There is nothing bad
between us now  
all the bad has
been spilled from us
upon this  floor
gathered up
and flown away
by birds of prey
leaving us
lightheaded
and wanting
neigh
76 · Dec 2020
Cry
Frances Raeburn Dec 2020
Cry
If i could scream
out loud
like i scream
inside
Maybe some random
passerby
might not dismiss
the noise
as a weird animal
cry
76 · Feb 2021
Me 2
Frances Raeburn Feb 2021
Somewhere way above who I set out to be
unintentionally
I became me
No one I set out to be
or honestly am proud to be
genuinely stuck with me
wake up everyday with me
tried more than once to lose me
annoyingly
still wake up with me
constantly critical of me
randomly amused by me
desperately abused by me
always trying
unsuccessfully
to eventually
get the point
of me.
76 · Jan 2022
Left
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
I loved you
way before I met you
I still love you
way after you
walked away and
left me
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