Posted by Brad Osborne on January 24, 2021 · 13 Comments
Analgesics for the pain,
Learned minds to explain,
Therapy for the brain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 31, 2020 · 10 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 19, 2020 · 17 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 12, 2020 · 9 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 December 10, 2020 · 13 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 November 15, 2020 · 16 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 2, 2020 · 22 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 November 1, 2020 · 12 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 8, 2020 · 15 Comments
There, broken upon the sandy shoals,
A wooden sailing ship, once so brave…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 10, 2020 · 11 Comments
Grey words tied like a long-jaded rosary,
Worn-out in the constant touching,
A vanquished mind is forever lost…
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