Posted by Brad Osborne on November 4, 2020 · 8 Comments
It is forever long,
This finite moment,
This breath of air,
This life sweet…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 26, 2020 · 21 Comments
I cannot warn you from the fall,
As wingless born, we all must fly…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 10, 2020 · 25 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 September 24, 2020 · 19 Comments
The antiquity of binary thought,
Love bound to gender and the hate it brought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 6, 2020 · 17 Comments
No hidden lie or fear kept dark,
Soul flayed to a bloody peeled view,
Yet, as I gave myself away,
My secrets turned to weapons true…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 30, 2020 · 7 Comments
Translucent dreams need no sleep,
No shuttered eyes to vision keep…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 20, 2020 · 20 Comments
When all too late I realize,
You prefer to hear the little lies…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 4, 2020 · 29 Comments
Who do I hear talking right now,
Repeating other people’s words,
Said to you throughout the years…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2020 · 30 Comments
For little does she know the depth,
To which her subtle words in breath…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 2, 2020 · 40 Comments
If love was worth gold,
You would be priceless still…
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