Posted by Brad Osborne on January 22, 2023 · 6 Comments
I have come to write,
On this page so white,
But the words will not seem to come…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 8, 2022 · 11 Comments
Scars do not protect a heart,
Old wounds are oft renewed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 1, 2022 · 14 Comments
It is there,
Among dappled sunlight,
Twinkling the scent of violets,
On one of those forever days…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 13, 2022 · 7 Comments
Your love grows in the vineyard,
A gift from rain, soil, and sun,
Birth of what you have to give,
But the story is just begun.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 10, 2022 · 3 Comments
For little does she know the depth,
To which her subtle words in breath…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2022 · 13 Comments
How is distance measured,
When like the moon,
Thoughts of you break upon my shore…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 21, 2022 · 14 Comments
Specters,
That haunt,
Every moment…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 17, 2022 · 16 Comments
Let twilight fall into night,
And I will hold you near…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 14, 2022 · 34 Comments
My words are very real,
They speak the truth, and yet…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 14, 2022 · 4 Comments
I give it to you,
Bloody and beating,
This love so blue,
Still retreating…
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