Posted by Brad Osborne on September 21, 2020 · 17 Comments
I knew that you would come in time,
Robed boatsman on black Stygian float…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 17, 2020 · 20 Comments
The far-off tolling of a bell,
Breaks the silence where quiet dwells…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 7, 2020 · 26 Comments
Yet there on precipiced ledge,
I tip-toed for your pleasure…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 30, 2020 · 26 Comments
With reds and golds and yellow hues
The autumn trees paint a vivid view
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
Born heavy the locust wood
A hewn heart bleeds no longer
There within a tragic good…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 20, 2020 · 19 Comments
The darkness is so rife,
On a moonless night,
I’ve come to take a life,
Hidden from the light.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 22, 2020 · 15 Comments
But there is no thought to this,
These crazy things you do…
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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 June 3, 2020 · 22 Comments
It is not darkness that I see,
In my life destined by brevity…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 28, 2020 · 24 Comments
What is it that remains?
When the less is stripped away…
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