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Frances Raeburn Aug 2020
There is always an answer
Know this
If you know nothing else
There is always a road out
A light
A tunnel
Know this
There is always a song
A vague melody you can recall
Know this
There is always someone
watching
Know this
If you know nothing else
There is always
a way out
But not for long.
Frances Raeburn May 2021
Grab my wrist
I will not resist
pull me up
so I still exist
grab my soul
from this stagnant land
Frances Raeburn Nov 2021
Difficult
doesn’t even go anywhere near
where we find ourselves
tonight
gasping for breath
nothing clear
except which one of us
orders the next
beer
Frances Raeburn Sep 2022
It’s late
and we.both know
the stakes are high
the loser
cries.
Here are
my broken thoughts
and overthinking mind
late at night
desperately trying
to make a sentence
that makes sense
to myself
and maybe
someone
else
help me
if you can !
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.
Frances Raeburn Sep 2021
It’s impossible to love everyone
believe me
I have tried
and failed
so now
I just love the ones
who make me laugh
and those
who no longer know how
to laugh
Lay
Frances Raeburn Nov 2023
Lay
Lay your feelings down on me
God knows
I have laid mine heavily
upon you
Frances Raeburn Jun 2021
I have said the words now
I have said the words
and I have watched them bleed
out loud
I have said the words now
I have said the words
and I have watched you leave
out loud
Frances Raeburn Apr 2022
Leave it
you said
without realising
I had already left.
Frances Raeburn Mar 2024
leave now
I know you need to
but I can’t go with you
although every part of me
wants to.
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
Leave all of your love
strewn. carelessly
across the floor
anything less
you know
I would abhor
Frances Raeburn Mar 2024
I am leaving now
my love
and I will leave my heart with you
safekeeping
for better days
no longer can I stay.
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
My suitcase is packed
my belongings are safe
just need to zip myself in there
and make my escape
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
Frances Raeburn Jan 2024
I know you want
a conversation
not sure what there is left to say
I left
I walked away
not sure what there is left to say
Frances Raeburn Jan 2021
I cannot reach out
There is no reach left
I cannot cry out
There is no cry left
I cannot crawl away
There is no crawl left
I cannot win now
There is no win left
Frances Raeburn May 2022
when it was
one thirty three
you said
you loved me
by three thirty three
you had already left me
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
I loved you
way before I met you
I still love you
way after you
walked away and
left me
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
Come on ‘ he said
Christ’ I thought
if only…………..
sadly
I have no ‘come on’s ‘
left
Frances Raeburn Mar 2022
I will not
leave now
not because
I am brave or honest
but because
I have no leave
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
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?
Frances Raeburn Jul 2022
You make me

a little
less
like real
Let
Frances Raeburn Oct 2020
Let
Let me leave you
as I found  you
happy and
unscarred
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.
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 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 Mar 2022
Lie
I can lie easy
with the lie
can you?
Lie
Frances Raeburn Jan 2022
Lie
Do not lie too far away
from me
because lies
like ties
can strangle you
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 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 Dec 2021
Lie
I could talk
all night
yet still
barely
erase
my lie
Frances Raeburn Mar 2021
Everyone says
truth sets you free
but
what if
truth is a lie
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.
Frances Raeburn Sep 2020
There are two truths
Mine and
Yours
And in between
There are years and years of
Lies
Frances Raeburn Jan 2023
There are more than
a thousand ways to
make life good
and all of them
include you
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.
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 May 2022
Life asked
I answered
right question
wrong answer
Frances Raeburn Feb 2022
Life drips pain
until someone says
no more
enough
will that be me
or you
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