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 · 13 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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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 6, 2020 · 16 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 26, 2020 · 24 Comments
Plain gingham dress of every day,
A little Dutch in the words you say…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 15, 2020 · 18 Comments
Stained with black ink,
And salted with hard tears,
It becomes the womb…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 22, 2020 · 16 Comments
I wrote a letter to my love,
Tell me when your wedding be…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 15, 2020 · 39 Comments
Would you still see who I used to be,
For, since then, I surely did grow…
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