Posted by Brad Osborne on May 23, 2021 · 20 Comments
Ak’wian struggled to understand the duality represented by the Yin and Yang.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2021 · 10 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 4, 2021 · 12 Comments
The air hangs like a traitor,
Motionless and well dead,
A raucous silence…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 3, 2021 · 12 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 February 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
Who,
Who else,
Who else will,
If not yourself…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 6, 2021 · 10 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 5, 2020 · 32 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 3, 2020 · 11 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 August 6, 2020 · 16 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 30, 2020 · 18 Comments
Our sullied sins, the less known,
An echoed demonic baritone…
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