Posted by Brad Osborne on January 23, 2021 · 10 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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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Decaying scent to what has died,
The smell of salt within our tears…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 14, 2020 · 28 Comments
This giver of life,
Now burns it away,
Oh, the love of night,
On hottest of days…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 19, 2020 · 18 Comments
Without a map,
Closed gap,
And in your eyes,
Surprise…
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