Posted by Brad Osborne on March 13, 2023 · 13 Comments
Lightning bugs stare back from the dark,
Like a hundred yellow eyes in the night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 8, 2023 · 18 Comments
There are times when you think you will not get out alive,
When forces are plotted against your plan to survive
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 28, 2022 · 8 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 21, 2022 · 9 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2022 · 11 Comments
The fire’s coals groan a slow death,
Their warmth long gone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 22, 2022 · 10 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 August 17, 2022 · 16 Comments
Let twilight fall into night,
And I will hold you near…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 7, 2022 · 12 Comments
Though our lips have never met,
I have kissed you a million times,
For each time that I have slept,
I partake of you in my mind.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 30, 2022 · 6 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 25, 2022 · 8 Comments
We shared a puits d’amour,
In the café on rue Bonaparte,
Parisian nights the gallery,
And pastry the delicious art…
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