Posted by Brad Osborne on July 28, 2021 · 12 Comments
Bed chamber romances,
With kingdoms at stake,
Lost in stolen glances…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 24, 2021 · 16 Comments
With him lived and studied twenty monks and one nun whose name was Eshon.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 22, 2021 · 16 Comments
And when Alcinous asked of love,
Odysseus gave pause to think…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 18, 2021 · 17 Comments
How was I to know, that the tears that flow,
Were just a river of liquid lies…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2021 · 15 Comments
If I had only known
I would be left alone
Never would I have kissed
Those lips now sorely missed
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 4, 2021 · 13 Comments
The world is full of men,
That wonder what they would do…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 30, 2021 · 20 Comments
The light from the stars has traveled,
A million years just to twinkle in your eye…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 28, 2021 · 20 Comments
Witnessed by angelic eyes,
A loving son still survives…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 26, 2021 · 15 Comments
And once I am gone,
I will not hear,
All the words that come too late…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 17, 2021 · 25 Comments
Or lilting words from thoughts unkept,
That speak my name with loving breath…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beauty, caress, company, dreaming, dreaming of you, faceless, hidden, imagined, kiss, love, poem, Poetry, sleep, unknown, wish
