Posted by Brad Osborne on March 5, 2023 · 7 Comments
With him lived and studied twenty monks and one nun whose name was Eshon.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 5, 2023 · 9 Comments
Freezing attitudes harden you to the world
Your rigidity ever apparent in your icy state
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 3, 2022 · 23 Comments
Freezing attitudes harden you to the world
Your rigidity ever apparent in your icy state
Filed under General · Tagged with acceptance, admiration, annoyance, appearance, different states, drops, humanity, life, people, perception, prose, raindrop, river, snow, water
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 24, 2021 · 18 Comments
With him lived and studied twenty monks and one nun whose name was Eshon.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with admiration, being in love, emotion, free expression, individual, infatuation, Life lessons, love, openess, personal growth, relationships, secret love, sex, Tao, Tao Te Ching, taoism, taoist, teachings
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 18, 2021 · 20 Comments
You earned my respect many years ago,
When you chose the hardest choice…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 20, 2020 · 28 Comments
I can smell your coffee,
As morning light dapples your hair…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 13, 2020 · 16 Comments
I woke with a yawn,
As it was just dawn,
No time for any breakfast.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 20, 2020 · 19 Comments
You pull your skirt as if too short,
You already knew the hem line,
A feigned chastity of some sort,
Above a pair of heels divine.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 17, 2019 · 23 Comments
So, this one is for another writer whose words I find to be such an honest and genuine representation of who she is. Her writing is sensual, powerful, and captivating while being delivered in a luxurious display of word play, lyrical flow, and tapped emotions.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 16, 2019 · 1 Comment
Freezing attitudes harden you to the world
Your rigidity ever apparent in your icy state
Filed under General · Tagged with acceptance, admiration, annoyance, appearance, different states, drops, humanity, life, people, perception, prose, raindrop, river, snow, water
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