Posted by Brad Osborne on December 23, 2020 · 21 Comments
I am a black spectre,
A swift and silent wraith,
Shadowless and unseen…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 6, 2020 · 19 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 22, 2020 · 17 Comments
It is like drowning in the night,
Ebony shades pulled against right…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 15, 2020 · 29 Comments
It flows like mercury,
Heavy and bright,
A shining bit of silver,
In the darkness of night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 12, 2020 · 18 Comments
Black wax drips like sticky tar,
Fire demons dance at their tips…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 19, 2020 · 23 Comments
The sorrows and sins of our lives fall like rain,
When cloudy skies and fate darken ahead…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 30, 2020 · 18 Comments
Our sullied sins, the less known,
An echoed demonic baritone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2020 · 10 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 8, 2020 · 27 Comments
We speak ill of the night,
Equate it with the dark,
As lacking any light,
Devoid of any spark.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 30, 2020 · 10 Comments
For some it is a tiny hole,
Just a speck upon the soul,
For others, a massive cave,
Where the light is not so brave.
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