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Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
Come on ‘ he said
Christ’ I thought
if only…………..
sadly
I have no ‘come on’s ‘
left
Sorry to call
I know we said we wouldn’t
it’s just
you left your smile here
and a couple of your laugh
outlouds
tempted to throw them
in the trash
but
you might need them  again
someday
somewhere
soon.
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
Woke up early
and tripped over all the unkind words
left scattered on the floor
from last night
binned them
before either of us
have to claim them
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
You make me

a little
less
like real
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?
Let
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
Let
Let the phone ring
let the dog bark
let the sun rise
then sink
let the day dawn
let the youths yawn
let my mind spawn
too far
let the birds sing
let the drunk get
to his car
let this mistake
only take us
so far
Let
Frances Raeburn Jul 2023
Let
Let me just settle
your presence
upon my skin
let me just understand
this is a begin.
Let
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Let
Let me leave you
as I found  you
happy and
unscarred
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
Let me drown
Slowly now
In my tears
Walk away
quickly now
makes it easier
To deny our
Fears
Frances Raeburn Feb 2021
Let the best of me
fade into the worst
of you
then I believe
honestly
someday
it may become
True
let love go
and I will too
let go of me
and
I promise
I can also
let go of you.
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
Let me speak
before you leave
at least let me tell you
who I really am.
Frances Raeburn Nov 2021
Nothing
let’s just sit here
and talk about
nothing
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
Let’s dance
all night
let’s dance
all life!
Frances Raeburn Aug 2021
I will take your words
and make them better
I will decipher your language
letter by letter.
Lie
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
Lie
I will leave it now
I will let it lie
I will close my eyes
if you admit the lie
Lie
Frances Raeburn May 2022
Lie
Found this here this morning
carelessly flung
on the living room floor
fallen I fear
from one of our pocket’s
a random lie
left over
but ill begotten
Lie
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
Lie
If I die young
which we both know can’t happen now
do me a favour
lie to everyone
tell them
I died too young
nobody will disagree
do t for fun
do it just for me!
Lie
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Lie
Do not lie too far away
from me
because lies
like ties
can strangle you
Lie
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
Lie
I could talk
all night
yet still
barely
erase
my lie
Lie
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
Lie
I can lie easy
with the lie
can you?
Frances Raeburn Mar 2021
Everyone says
truth sets you free
but
what if
truth is a lie
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
There are two truths
Mine and
Yours
And in between
There are years and years of
Lies
I will let
the little lies lie
if you will too
just can’t take
any big ones
don’t surprise me
it will end
me and you.
I don’t know
whose life
I am living here
but if you ever come across her
do me a favour
please tell her
to call me
I would so like to
give it back to her.
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
There are more than
a thousand ways to
make life good
and all of them
include you
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
Life drips pain
until someone says
no more
enough
will that be me
or you
Frances Raeburn May 2022
Life asked
I answered
right question
wrong answer
Frances Raeburn Dec 2020
Life won’t make you right
If anything
it will lead you
barefoot and ******
into a day
you are not yet ready to live
It won’t forgive
or allow any give
It will take you by the hand
then suddenly let go
disrupt the land
destroy your plan
Life won’t make you right
or alert you to the fight
It will push you
and push you
and keep pushing
until eventually
reluctantly
unsteadily
you take flight
fly well
fly straight
fly light.
Frances Raeburn Nov 2020
Sometimes
don’t you think
Life shouts
just a bit too loud
makes its entrance
just a little
too bold
Misses the point
just a little
too often
allows us to sink
just a little
too low
Sometimes
don’t you think?
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Before the sun rises
You show me the
Light
Frances Raeburn Sep 2021
Light a light for me
I will see it
eventually
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
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
You cannot capture light
But darkness hovers
so available
so bright
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
When the lights
go out
is there any doubt
where we both
should  be?
Frances Raeburn Aug 2020
You know what they say
Last one to leave
Switch the lights off
I will never
Be the one
to switch the lights off
On us.
Frances Raeburn May 2023
Like my smile
and let me like yours
honestly,  it’s so much easier
than all the love
and adores
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
I won’t
throw you a
a line
I am
not quite
that brave
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
We are
liquid
which is both
our strength
and our
weakness
Frances Raeburn Jul 2020
I think I can walk on water
I’m not Moses
I know
But still
Listen
I think I can walk on water
Fair enough
I haven’t tried yet
But still
Something tells me
That at a push
I think
I
could probably
Walk on water
I never won anything
in my life
no sport
no quiz
no battle
late at night
I never won anything
in my life
until
both of you
little ones
grew up
and turned out
to be
alright!
Frances Raeburn Nov 2020
You are way
too small
Too tiny
too insignificant
to have anything at all to say
You can barely form a word at all
Mama
Dada
Play
What crazy first  words
you
first
say
Frances Raeburn Dec 2021
Your love
makes me feel safe
enough to sleep
every night
without
locking
the world out
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
Frances Raeburn Nov 2022
In a world of over stated words
over exposed sentiments
written in too many paragraphs
for people who honestly don’t care
I lost interest when
God, I can’t even remember
when
that’s how quickly
I lost
interest
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
I will stand up now
Although I am terrified by the feat
But I will stand up now
If you will too
Look over your shoulder
I am here now
Just behind the band
Passing time
In no mans land
Frances Raeburn Apr 2021
Heres's life
looking at me sideways
Here’s you
looking at me too
Frances Raeburn Nov 2024
I am looking for you
seems like
I am looking through you
where did you go?
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
we are lost at sea
the radio broken
the winds ten force
totally off course.
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