Posted by Brad Osborne on August 3, 2022 · 13 Comments
Fifty-two tons, one of the unsinkable ones,
The proud flag ship of the White Star Line…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 1, 2022 · 13 Comments
His love unbound by time,
Drawn as a circle, not a line…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 28, 2022 · 10 Comments
Is it cloud that falls so gently
When mountain top is kissed
Or does it rise from the valley
This cold and haunting mist
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 6, 2022 · 17 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2022 · 16 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 3, 2022 · 24 Comments
It is hard to see a future,
Unlike the past I have known…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 21, 2022 · 19 Comments
You are a mystery,
Shrouded in elegance,
An unsung love song…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 7, 2022 · 23 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 11, 2021 · 18 Comments
Any man the fool,
To not cherish long,
The promise of your love…
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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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