Posted by Brad Osborne on April 13, 2022 · 20 Comments
Ak’wian struggled to understand the duality represented by the Yin and Yang.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 9, 2022 · 17 Comments
Injustice is not reserved,
For the wayward and owed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 16, 2022 · 20 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2022 · 31 Comments
A million gaping mouths,
Clamoring to be fed,
Many worthy causes,
Pulling a single thread…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 9, 2022 · 19 Comments
Stand not idly by and watch,
Whispering words in wishes,
Wanted given in little prayers,
When action seen capricious…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 18, 2021 · 18 Comments
Flesh has born in body torn,
Epitaphs in sullen grey,
A feast is spread before us,
Table filled with what we say…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 14, 2021 · 17 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 19, 2021 · 15 Comments
Speak not in anger,
For words can cut deep,
And what we do sow,
We certainly reap…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 18, 2021 · 20 Comments
It’s the little things, like having a dream. Not in the broad sense of some grand hope for your life, but in the literal sense of dreaming while you sleep.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 13, 2021 · 10 Comments
In the tincture of sullen mist,
Rises the faint cry, man bound…
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