Posted by Brad Osborne on May 12, 2022 · 17 Comments
If these words cannot make you stay,
Then all I will ask for is one more day…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 30, 2022 · 24 Comments
I watched the sun set,
On so many, many things…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2022 · 25 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 January 24, 2022 · 27 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 13, 2021 · 22 Comments
Even those with perfect sight,
See the world through a lens,
The light that meets our eyes,
Bent by fortune and friends…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 6, 2021 · 9 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 6, 2021 · 13 Comments
Ancient history is left to be seen,
And all that time can offer to see…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 4, 2021 · 24 Comments
It flows like mercury,
Heavy and bright,
A shining bit of silver,
In the darkness of night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 3, 2021 · 13 Comments
It is forever long,
This finite moment,
This breath of air,
This life sweet…
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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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