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 November 8, 2020 · 16 Comments
My moon is blue,
From the missing of you…
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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 September 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Decaying scent to what has died,
The smell of salt within our tears…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 24, 2020 · 12 Comments
Failures fall before bloody feet,
Mind beats the drums in retreat…
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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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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 11, 2020 · 11 Comments
At the dark end of a wayward street,
Atop a bare and lonely ,
its the old man’s mansion replete,
Bespoke in tendrilled ivy vest.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 12, 2019 · 16 Comments
There are times when you think you will not get out alive,
When forces are plotted against your plan to survive
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
It is but one flame in the candelabra of life…
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