Frances Raeburn: Poems

You

Frances Raeburn Aug 2020

You

You are the song
I always wanted to sing
And the words
I could never quite begin
Late at night
Alone
amidst all this din

You

Frances Raeburn Jul 2023

You

nothing creates
nothing
yet somehow
I found you

You

Frances Raeburn Nov 2021

You

I don’t know anyone
who is seventy
and thanks be to ****
neither do you !

You

Frances Raeburn May 2023

You

And though I tried to hide
my smile
you found it

You

Frances Raeburn Jun 2022

You

I wonder
if anyone
has ever been
as wrong
about someone
as I have been
about you

You

Frances Raeburn Apr 2022

You

You left
without
conversation
walked away
without
persuasion

You and me

Frances Raeburn Jul 2020

You and me

John Lennon said
Let it be
But there are so many ways to
Let it be
Truth is
John Lennon never met
You and me

Youth

Frances Raeburn May 2023

Youth

You have left fingerprints
that I cannot erase
marks upon my skin
shadows
exposed by truth
memories
celebrated by youth.