Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2023 · 15 Comments
They did not contemplate,
That it would be this night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 10, 2023 · 11 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 4, 2023 · 12 Comments
What is it that remains?
When the less is stripped away…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 1, 2023 · 12 Comments
Witnessed by angelic eyes,
A loving son still survives…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2023 · 9 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 April 9, 2023 · 5 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2023 · 15 Comments
If these words cannot make you stay,
Then all I will ask for is one more day…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 30, 2023 · 14 Comments
When cometh time, that I am dead,
Lookest not for my earthly grave,
To tread the mound o’er fallen head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 22, 2023 · 9 Comments
Each small step we take in life,
Leads to an unseen abyss
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2023 · 13 Comments
Swooping from heaven to pluck us,
From the hell they dropped us in…
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