Posted by Brad Osborne on December 6, 2021 · 9 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 6, 2021 · 16 Comments
My moon is blue,
From the missing of you…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 26, 2021 · 18 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 April 26, 2021 · 12 Comments
I watched the sun set,
On so many, many things…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2021 · 9 Comments
As the sins of man sift through steady hands,
I sacrifice myself upon the bloody lands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2021 · 10 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
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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…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with black, dark, darkness, ebony, evil, fate, light, midnight, night, poem, Poetry, reflection, sky, strict form poetry, time
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…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with darkness, fear, Finding strength, hard times, hope, hopeless, life, light, pain, poem, Poetry, staying strong, strength, strict form poetry, tears
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