Posted by Brad Osborne on December 20, 2020 · 9 Comments
We laugh in the face of death, we own forever,
For we have been written down, long penned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 10, 2020 · 13 Comments
I have been here before,
Not a random déjà vu,
A sense of being past,
Rooted in something true…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 7, 2020 · 12 Comments
Moments stretch like taffy,
Sugary sweet and long,
Stillness pervades the spirit,
Each breath a connection…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 29, 2020 · 19 Comments
Now is not about then,
A moment of the past,
Now is not about when,
A future yet uncast…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 18, 2020 · 14 Comments
In hopes left from what will,
Pain comes from the knowing…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 12, 2020 · 11 Comments
As swords are beaten into ploughshares,
So is man wrought by the hammer of cares…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 4, 2020 · 16 Comments
Cling not to the past,
The ancient and rusted
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 5, 2020 · 13 Comments
We fear our own demise,
The closing of our eyes,
A world that fades away,
The dying of our last day.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 13, 2020 · 12 Comments
I thought I had a handle on things,
But what little did I really know…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 2, 2020 · 41 Comments
A lunch bell rings and echoes,
But there is no one to hear…
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