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82 · Nov 2023
Glide
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
You ask me to dance
and I accept
but as we move across the floor
I see the ghosts
of who we once were
dancing
just above us
ghosts of us
circling
the who we once were
when we used to dance
boldly
carelessly
effortlessly
when we glided
and glided
heads held back
laughing out loud
for all the world to see
without ghosts
gliding
reminding
of who we used to be
82 · Nov 2020
Desperately
Frances Raeburn Nov 2020
I’m stuck in a corner in Paris
Desperately dialling  home
to  someone who might
answer
at  this late hour,
caller unknown
I’m desperately dialling
I’m desperately dying
I’m stuck in a corner in Paris
totally alone
desperately clinging to life on my
own
82 · Nov 2023
Odds
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
Here’s what I will do
I’ll pretend I didn’t hear you
I’ll raise the the stakes by two
stack the odds
in favour of you
and still pretend
I didn’t hear you
Tell me who the **** else
would do that for you?
82 · Mar 2021
Good
Frances Raeburn Mar 2021
I may not be in love
but let me tell you
how that feels

Good
82 · Jan 2022
Fame
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Do you remember when
we didn’t care
when we said
we would face life
head on
when we laughed at pain
when we didn’t explain
when we picked up the pieces
without complain
when we liked our life
without looking for fame
82 · Apr 2021
Cries
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Nobody actually
made it out alive
those who survived
stifled  our children’s
cries
82 · Nov 2020
Poetry readers
Frances Raeburn Nov 2020
Sometimes I do wonder
Who you are
Where
You are
Imagine if we could just
meet
for a beat
I think our flesh
would refresh
Our
minds
And leave our
many doubts
Behind
82 · Jan 2022
Once
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
I still believe
somewhere
very deep on the inside
of you
lives the someone
I once knew
82 · Aug 2024
Boo
Frances Raeburn Aug 2024
Boo
I could spend all night
and deep into tomorrow
listening to your song
You are a melody
awaiting a tune
hang on!
82 · Sep 2020
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
82 · 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
82 · Jan 2022
Ourselves
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Can any one of us
write words that
truly
mean anything
to someone else
or are we destined to
only write words
selfishly
for ourselves
82 · Sep 2020
Bequest
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
It is quiet now
The day has left
Shadows appear
As if by request
I am quiet now
My love has left
Ghosts appear
As if by bequest
82 · Dec 2021
End
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
End
My love
was always worth
more
and a little more respect
than the
end
of us
81 · Jan 2022
Maybe
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Maybe you found me
just to show me
how good I could be
or
to give me a reason
to not be
so much like me
81 · 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
81 · 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.
81 · 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
81 · Jul 2020
City Lights
Frances Raeburn Jul 2020
The day fell away from us
glistened slightly
before decent
Into a murky blue night
Lit by the not too distant lights
of a city
that tempted
strange delights
We held firm
In our murky blue light
Far away
From the city
that tempted
us
each and
every night
81 · Mar 22
happy hat
the dark skies and gloom
you say are
in front of you
look like fairy tales
and sunny skies
to me
so put your happy hat on
jump outside
capture a cloud
and if you can’t
just put your
happy hat on
anyway
in case
I am right
and
you are wrong
81 · 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
81 · Sep 2020
Flawed
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I am instantly exhausted
by the thought
and the pain
of trying to explain
that your  thinking
Is inexcusably
and infuriating
flawed
81 · 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
81 · 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
81 · 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!
81 · 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
80 · Jan 26
Daughter
This
my little one
is just life
showing its teeth
I can’t help you
that would be
defeat
this my little one
you must face all alone
at least
until the next time
you get home
80 · Jul 2022
Lost
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
we are lost at sea
the radio broken
the winds ten force
totally off course.
80 · May 24
Forever
and then
out of nowhere
he said
I like the thought
of loving you
forever
and I liked
the thought
of that too
maybe
someday
I might like
that thought
enough
to make it
just a little bit
true.
80 · Oct 2024
Can I ?
Frances Raeburn Oct 2024
can I let every little thing
that makes me me
flow out of me
naturally  
or do
I have to check myself in at the door?
80 · Nov 2024
Bottle
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
it was late
it was a good time
just as I was leaving
guess what I found
someone who looked
just like you
staring out
from the bottom
of my bottle
well ….
that ain’t right.
it was
80 · 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.
80 · Dec 2021
Daughter
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
My love for you
flows endlessly
through my fingertips
hold my hand
80 · 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.
80 · Mar 2022
Steel
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
This should be beautiful
and real
instead
it’s difficult
and steel
80 · Dec 2021
Near
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
to be near you
sometimes
scares me
79 · Mar 9
Girl child
to me
you are perfect
or as close as I have
ever been to
perfection
and I
am a perfectionist
so
what does that mean?
79 · Dec 2021
Instead
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
Nobody asked
so nobody told
instead
we threw our heads back
and laughed
out loud
me too
79 · 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
79 · Apr 2021
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?
79 · May 2023
Tears
Frances Raeburn May 2023
Sometimes I think
tears are just whispers
nobody
hears
79 · Dec 2020
Enough
Frances Raeburn Dec 2020
I want to say
you got the best of me
but I think we both know
there wasn’t much best left
so instead
you got what was left of me
and somehow
that was
enough.
79 · Jan 2022
Eventually
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Your love is
like tiny shards of broken glass
it will pierce  my heart
eventually
79 · Feb 2022
JR
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
JR
Your love
shows me
what
love
actually
is
79 · Jan 2022
New Jersey Snow
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
I remember
that deep New Jersey
December snow
my burden was too heavy to carry
I tried to lay it down
as we
trudged thru the snow
pick up your feet
you said
we have a long way to go .
79 · Sep 2024
JR
Frances Raeburn Sep 2024
JR
I live
with the person
I aspire to
be
79 · 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.
79 · Apr 19
Jack
there is
nowhere
you will ever go
no depth
no height
no valley
no peak
no desert
no sea
no joy
no sorrow
there is
nowhere
you will ever go
no abyss
deep enough
for me
not to find you
and carry you home
again .
79 · 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
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