Posted by Brad Osborne on March 14, 2021 · 16 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 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 February 13, 2021 · 17 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 23, 2021 · 23 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 9, 2020 · 19 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, 2020 · 19 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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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 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 15, 2020 · 29 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 11, 2020 · 15 Comments
Aglow in my dark night,
Your raven hair,
Paints calligraphy across linen…
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