Posted by Brad Osborne on November 30, 2020 · 13 Comments
We must live like the great oak tree,
Pushing up against our gravity…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 22, 2020 · 17 Comments
It is like drowning in the night,
Ebony shades pulled against right…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 3, 2020 · 25 Comments
The loving word of friend,
That whisper in our ear…
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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 June 15, 2020 · 13 Comments
Hate cleaves the mortal soul,
Like water cuts through stone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 16, 2020 · 14 Comments
Sunny, sunny day,
Whispers carry clouds away,
Hope carried on yellow ray,
Amidst a sky bright and blue.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2020 · 11 Comments
I asked of the King, what must be done,
That in the end, maiden’s heart be won…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 8, 2020 · 16 Comments
When into darkness my life fell,
Swallowed by a reductive hole,
Like penny thrown in wishing well,
The falling of a vanquished soul.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 18, 2019 · 10 Comments
They are unspoken in every wanting glance,
Adoration and longing…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 7, 2019 · 8 Comments
The conflict I try to avoid,
Is not shirked out of any fear,
It is reservation employed,
To keep harm’s way from coming near.
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