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72 · Dec 2021
Daughter
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
My love for you
flows endlessly
through my fingertips
hold my hand
72 · Aug 2020
Been
Frances Raeburn Aug 2020
I would surrender all of this
And my ambition
For just one last glimpse
Of the girl I should have been
72 · Mar 2024
Speak
Frances Raeburn Mar 2024
we speak the same language
yet can’t understand
a single word
we are trying to say
to each other.
72 · Feb 23
Boy child
I know you think
the shadows are
falling upon you now
but if you turn your head
right to left
left to right
maybe they fall
different upon you now
perhaps they are not
shadows
just falling lights
yet to be lit.
falling upon you now
72 · Sep 2024
Cold light
Frances Raeburn Sep 2024
I see you now
in the cold light
of day
and I remember
how much
we have
forgotten
72 · Apr 2021
Up
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Up
I am just a girl
standing in front of a boy
and asking him
to wake the ****
up
72 · Dec 2024
Where
Frances Raeburn Dec 2024
Where in the world
could someone find someone like you
who needs to be applauded for simply
getting out of bed
in the morning
Where in the world
could someone find someone like you
who needs to be adored from
midnight till dawning
Where in the world
could someone find someone like you
who when people are talking
replies with loud yawning
Where in the world
could someone find someone like you
Where in the world
Where in the world?
72 · 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 .
72 · Nov 2024
Wrong
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
Something in my heart
and a little bit my head too
tells me
this is absolutely the wrong thing
to do
the B road
the wrong road
I hear my Momma’s warning
I see myself
tomorrow morning
but I’m going  in anyway
and I’m going in deep
see you on the other side
of the wrong thing to do
72 · May 24
Matter
I see you
and you see me
‘doesn’t matter
if it is not
forever.
72 · Nov 2020
Decay
Frances Raeburn Nov 2020
He didn’t ask
And I didn’t say
I didn’t play
and he didn’t stay
our life fell into
unfolding
dismal
decadent
desperate
soul destroying
Decay
72 · Nov 2024
Cry
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
Cry
somebody
pour  me a drink
pour me a life
pour me a lie
somebody
tell me
it’s okay to cry.
71 · Mar 22
Come’On!
there is nowhere
like tomorrow
no one I know
has ever been there
Come ‘on
Let’s go!
71 · Apr 2022
Love
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
I love you
mostly
because of
who I am
when you hold my
hand.
71 · Feb 11
Probably
you left
and then
I left
there was probably
only
five minutes
anger between
us
71 · Nov 2023
Guises
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
All I can do
as the red *** sun rises
is smile
at the night we just had
even  given
it’s guises
71 · May 21
Salty
it’s just another
salty day
that fell into today
and told me
repeatedly
on a loop
that
honestly
none of this
is honestly
okay.
71 · Nov 2024
Cry
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
Cry
inky sunsets
and a sun so high
girls that fly
and a  tense goodbye
unfulfilled promises
dreams let down
waves on the shore
souls that feel sore
pain in your heart
a struggle to part
I know the words
that make a poem
go high
just can’t write them
tonight
it would probably make
me cry.
71 · Oct 2020
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
71 · Feb 15
Less
Yes , okay
I failed you
and everyone
we ever knew
according to you
yes, okay
I failed you
does that make me
less than you
or just a little more
dishonesty honest
than everyone
we ever knew
including you?
71 · Feb 2022
Storm
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
The winds are gale force
as they have been
before
but this time
they are heading right
to our door
I am ready
I think
I can handle the ride
know where to hide
do you?
71 · Jan 2021
You
Frances Raeburn Jan 2021
You
I have lived here now
for such a long time
on the outskirts
of you
71 · Jul 2020
Dinner party
Frances Raeburn Jul 2020
I have too much to explain
I cannot
For if I did it would spill out onto this table
Too much
For you
My blood
Bright red
Oozing through the Waterford glass and silver
People would think it red wine and laugh
I would see
My life
Spread out
Before me
70 · Dec 2023
Thanks
Frances Raeburn Dec 2023
Happy new year to those of you on this site
who have read and encouraged me this year
and more importantly thank you for writing words that I have loved
and will remember
and on we go!
Here’s to 2024!
See you on the other side!
70 · Sep 2020
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
70 · Mar 2021
Ignite
Frances Raeburn Mar 2021
It is the eve of reckoning
I fear
Speak now
Speak out
Speak loud
or quietly
suffocate in your brothers
sighs
70 · Mar 1
Wake
don’t wake me up
unless
you have something
new
to say
70 · Sep 2024
Plan
Frances Raeburn Sep 2024
I have no plan
neither do you
at our age
everyone has a plan
it’s  the least we can do
to prove
it was worth
the laughter and the pain
and yet
we have no plan
what’s going on
tricky to explain
for god’s  sake
someone
anyone
make a ****** plan!
70 · Mar 14
late hour
oh my god,
you are so self assured
even at this late hour
let me say something
even at this late hour
I know
nothing
I have learnt
nothing
even at this late hour
I still
know nothing but
oh my god
you are so self assured
how do you do that
even
at this late hour.
70 · Oct 2021
Can
Frances Raeburn Oct 2021
Can
Can I fall in love with you
again
can I turn the last page back
again
can I take last night back
again
can I rewrite tomorrow
again
can I unsay my words
again
can I play happy ever after
again
can I remember who we are
again
can I see you anew
again
can I be me for you
again
can I fall in love with you
again
70 · Jun 2021
Rotting
Frances Raeburn Jun 2021
I have been searching this house all night
just can’t find anything worthwhile
a couple of memories
an odd laugh
a lot of pain in the kitchen
a lost birthday cake behind the sofa
a summer party shoved under a bed
a new start
rotting and forgotten
hidden randomly
beneath a a pile of broken hearts
70 · Apr 2022
Trade
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
I will trade you
my sadness
for your smile
70 · Jun 2021
Thought
Frances Raeburn Jun 2021
Words flow from me
he said
I can write a poem
without a thought
Words escape me
I said
I can’t write a poem
with a thought
70 · Sep 2020
Being
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Nothing
Will
Ever
Compare
With
Sitting
Here
Just
Being
Totally
Square
69 · Mar 2022
Days
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
these are the days
I know you don’t believe it
in all honesty
neither do I
yet still
somehow
is it possible that
these are the days?
69 · Mar 2024
Home
Frances Raeburn Mar 2024
when you came
to take me home I
went willingly
took your hand
easily
then you made
too many left turns
led me down
too many
blind alleys
left me more lost
that I was before
you came and said
let me take you
home.
I am safe
and so are you
you are home.
69 · Mar 3
Stuff!
stay exactly
as you stand
today
for me
you are perfect
and I know stuff!
69 · Nov 2021
Daughter
Frances Raeburn Nov 2021
Let my weakness
make you
strong
69 · Sep 2023
Don’t
Frances Raeburn Sep 2023
don’t write me a letter
you know
I never learned how to read
69 · Oct 2020
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
69 · Dec 2024
Fool
Frances Raeburn Dec 2024
call me a fool
if I have said too much
I have been called more
from the ones I love
for thinking this much
69 · Feb 2022
Untitled
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
I inhale  you
your love
oxygen to
my weary bones
69 · Nov 2021
You
Frances Raeburn Nov 2021
You
I don’t know anyone
who is seventy
and thanks be to ****
neither do you !
68 · Dec 2021
Knew
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
I was happy
deep in my heart
the first night I knew you
the knew of you
still
flows
effortlessly
all over me
68 · Nov 2024
Daughter
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
Stay
exactly as you are
Stay
right where you are
Stay true
Stay blue
You’re doing okay
Stay strong
Stay wrong
Stay true
to who you are
Stay you
Stay exactly where you are
68 · Oct 2020
Round
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
I am nothing
If I am not
A quarter square
of this
round family
68 · Apr 19
Daughter
You are a
beautiful example
of what happens
when privilege
has a conscience
68 · Jan 2023
Teach
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
I don’t know who
I  should be
without you
come home
and teach me
68 · Oct 2020
Born
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
People often ask me
Where am I actually from
think I was born right here
right now
in this moment
Unsure
where
I hailed from.
67 · Feb 23
Privilege
this life is a privilege
but my god,
we pay for it
in tears.
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