Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2022 · 27 Comments
Your words now, mere whispers in the willows,
The fragrance of yesterdays and long gones…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 16, 2022 · 20 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 3, 2022 · 18 Comments
The old man peers down the road yet ahead,
And in the distance, the hills for him to climb…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 20, 2021 · 8 Comments
It is there,
Among dappled sunlight,
Twinkling the scent of violets,
On one of those forever days…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 19, 2021 · 19 Comments
I have been here before,
Not a random déjà vu,
A sense of being past,
Rooted in something true…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 18, 2021 · 17 Comments
Memories of you cling to me like rain on a window,
Muddied by the dust of days in a purity lost…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
The watermark on the desk,
A simple forever reminder,
When you were sitting there,
Life seemed a little kinder…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 1, 2021 · 17 Comments
We smiled but a wink at love,
Crescent moon in lilac,
And scented thoughts…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 24, 2021 · 16 Comments
Like a faint wisp of smoke,
Or a letter unread,
Like an itch I can’t get to,
You linger in my head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 16, 2021 · 16 Comments
The fire’s coals groan a slow death,
Their warmth long gone…
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