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143 · Oct 2023
Weep
Frances Raeburn Oct 2023
my words weep
tears
my tears weep
words
143 · Nov 2021
Middle
Frances Raeburn Nov 2021
There is a hole
right there
in the middle bit of me
like a Russian doll
a life within a life
barely breathing
don’t come too close
you could fall right in
deeply
into the empty of me
Others have.
Save yourself
Walk away..,,..
142 · Aug 2020
About
Frances Raeburn Aug 2020
This just might be what it’s really
All about
Not the great brilliant lights
Or the dark desperate lows
The rights
The wrongs
The lies
The unfolds
This just might be
all it’s about
Nothing more than
Sitting here
Being still
drinking gin
Alone
With you
142 · Apr 2022
Suspect
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
I have many many
friends
and a few of them
I suspect
are real.
142 · Mar 4
Son
Son
Ambition fades
with age
yet, I  know
if I have one shred left
inside me
it would be
to be
a little bit more
like you.
142 · Apr 2022
sometime
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
sometimes
love stumbles
and sometimes
I stumble after it.
141 · Nov 2022
Question
Frances Raeburn Nov 2022
When autumn reigned
and blew golden bronze tumble leaves
right to my door
it reminded me
of how you loved
golden bronze tumble leaves
at the door
Do you
still?
141 · Dec 2023
Believe
Frances Raeburn Dec 2023
those who believe in love
take one step to the right
those who are burnt
take one step to the left
those who still believe
stampede straight ahead
headlong
into the middle .
140 · Jan 2023
Kids
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
You are all grown now
I can see
You know a million more things than me
Give me a minute
to say goodbye
you will always be
two feet taller than me
140 · Jan 2022
Big poem
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Someone once told me
a poem should be long
rhythm and thyme
and take a long time
so love and regret
pain and explain
delete and blame
repeat and destain
let go and restrain
sunsets and more
two people or four
fall down then soar
sweetness and gore
does this really say more
than
I love you
whatever the score!
140 · Sep 2022
Late
Frances Raeburn Sep 2022
It’s late
and we.both know
the stakes are high
the loser
cries.
140 · Jun 2023
Surely
Frances Raeburn Jun 2023
Leave it now
at this late hour
leave it at the door
in the morning
the sunrise will
surely scourge its power
140 · Jun 2021
Room
Frances Raeburn Jun 2021
There is nothing
yet everything
wrapped up tightly
about to explode
lives will implode
right here
right now
bang in the centre
of this room
139 · Jun 2023
Love
Frances Raeburn Jun 2023
I wonder how it feels
to know
I was always only and ever
in love
with you
139 · Jan 2023
Ledge
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
I fled
It’s true
the ground beneath me
was giving way
I couldn’t find a ledge
to help me stay
139 · Oct 2020
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
138 · Jan 2023
Love
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
I see your love
It stands starkly before me
I can’t reach your love
It hides hidden behind me.
137 · Nov 2023
Lost
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
I lost myself
the minute and moment
I surrendered
my soul
to you
137 · Mar 2021
Ink
Frances Raeburn Mar 2021
Ink
When you find yourself
in the inkwell of life
navy dark blue
drowning the light
be glad
you are  but a few
drowning in the liquid
that brings words
to life
137 · Feb 2024
If only
Frances Raeburn Feb 2024
Sleep easy, he said
if only
but never again with you
I thought.
137 · Jul 2022
Say
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
Say
after all this time
and all these years
after ten million words
and all these tears
suddenly
I realise
there is nothing
left to say.
137 · Sep 2021
Drip
Frances Raeburn Sep 2021
I know my tears
and my sorrow
drips and drips and drips
like torture upon your brain
know this
it drips on my brain too
136 · Nov 2022
Early
Frances Raeburn Nov 2022
When my world
is too desperately dark
I do what you said
I go to sleep
wake up early
and call you
136 · Aug 2023
Song
Frances Raeburn Aug 2023
The words that fall from my mouth
should only be for me
yet they rain upon your head
like an untuned symphony
and somehow
you turn my words
into a tune
135 · Nov 2022
You
Frances Raeburn Nov 2022
You
What do people do
when they don’t have
you?
135 · Jun 2022
Time
Frances Raeburn Jun 2022
Time
falls heavy upon us now
where once
it was forever
Time
will make fools of us now
make small
our best endeavour
135 · Sep 2020
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
135 · Jun 2023
Rumour
Frances Raeburn Jun 2023
I heard what they said
I guess you heard it too
**** ‘em I thought
most of it is true
on the other hand
if only they knew!
135 · Nov 2023
Coughing
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
Thank you for listening
to the ten billion words I cough up
each day
and only hearing
the ones
I mean
and still
staying around
and loving me
all the same
135 · Jul 2023
Switch
Frances Raeburn Jul 2023
Here’s the truth
I’ve switched the truth
to make you look bad
it’s a small twitch
but enough
to help me sleep well
and happy.
Night all!
135 · Sep 2022
Children
Frances Raeburn Sep 2022
You grew up
in a haze of yellow sun
champagne glasses
and endless fun
and then you
painfully
excruciatingly
became
You,
135 · Apr 2022
Us
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
Us
Let me lie in between us
so I don’t have to
become one of
us
135 · Feb 15
Few
Few
I lost my
point of view
and I only had a few
still I lost them
post them back
you know
I only had a few
134 · Apr 2021
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
134 · May 2022
Toxic
Frances Raeburn May 2022
I am looking in your eyes
and smoking  a cigarette
I don’t know which one
is more toxic
you
or the cigarette
134 · Mar 22
Dublin
Thank you Dublin
for making me honest and simple
and pure
left you behind
a hundred years ago
but thank you Dublin
thank you for taking the trouble
to teach me what
decent people do
thank you for reminding me
what my father would do
thank you for giving me
the gift of the gab
thank you for all
the Irish jab
thank you for
my mam and dad
thank you for staying with me
after all these years
thank you Dublin
I miss you
and I will see you very soon!
134 · Mar 7
When
You said our love
would
make a difference
I believed
but when
does that
kick in?
134 · Feb 19
River
this river runs deep
whatever you say
I almost drowned
whatever you say
this river runs deep
you walked away
whatever you say
this river runs deep
you have long legs
I’d say
this river runs deep
I almost drowned
no matter what
or why
or when
this river runs deep
I’d say
this river runs deep
well done
those long legs
helped you walk
away
no matter what I say
but still
this river runs deep
I say
but maybe
I am totally wrong!
134 · Apr 2022
Daughter
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
Let it lie
I know
I hear you
trust me
or not
what do I know
but just
for now
please
maybe
for a minute
let it go
let it lie
and fly.
133 · Jan 2021
Already
Frances Raeburn Jan 2021
Don’t say you are leaving
I am already at the door
don’t say you are bleeding
I already hold the sore
don’t say you didn’t mean it
I already know the score
don’t say you are sorry
I already
already
already
I already
love you more
133 · Apr 2021
Glass
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Stay where you are
and still believe you’re right
I’ll just pour us
another glass of life
133 · Nov 2022
Family
Frances Raeburn Nov 2022
Don’t fret
go to sleep
I will write
all our wrongs.
133 · Jun 2023
Before
Frances Raeburn Jun 2023
don’t listen
to my words
I lie
better than anyone
you have ever tried to love
ever
before.
133 · Feb 2022
Choose
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
You breathed
only for me
I breathed
only for you
then the oxygen got tight
and we had
to choose.
133 · Jan 2023
Happy
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
Let’s choose
happy
133 · Jan 1
True
I seek beauty
this I know is true
I seek truth
I seek joy
I seek cigarettes
I seek yesterday
this I know is true
I seek me
I seek free
I seek we
but
I will never
ever again
seek you
this I know is true .
133 · Dec 2021
Touch
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
Nothing means as much
as your touch
when the  world has deserted
me
132 · Mar 2022
You
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
You
It’s difficult to find
anything in this world
to love
I’ve managed to find two
first one is me
second one is
you.
131 · Jul 2023
Almost
Frances Raeburn Jul 2023
I love you almost
and I know you almost love me too
how many more years
do we have  to make it through
to make us
almost true.
131 · Nov 2020
Trapped
Frances Raeburn Nov 2020
I am trapped
By my secrets
Silenced by my guilt
Disappointed by my lies
Deceived by your eyes
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