Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2023 · 9 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 27, 2023 · 14 Comments
~~~ It is overwhelming. Thoughts and words whirl in my head desperate for release. Churning like the sea in a hurricane. No structure. No sense. No rhyme or reason. The pressure building till pen and paper burst the dam. A torrent of flimsy concepts, half thoughts, and unrefined prose spew across the page. Arrows and … Continue reading →
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 13, 2023 · 13 Comments
Just simple words from an even simpler man
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 5, 2023 · 9 Comments
Freezing attitudes harden you to the world
Your rigidity ever apparent in your icy state
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 4, 2023 · 9 Comments
All the caring things said hold no resonance
And the feelings left unsaid no reason
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 9, 2022 · 12 Comments
Not once does life come to me,
The vivid lucidity of wondrous dream…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2022 · 13 Comments
How is distance measured,
When like the moon,
Thoughts of you break upon my shore…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 31, 2022 · 15 Comments
~~~ It is overwhelming. Thoughts and words whirl in my head desperate for release. Churning like the sea in a hurricane. No structure. No sense. No rhyme or reason. The pressure building till pen and paper burst the dam. A torrent of flimsy concepts, half thoughts, and unrefined prose spew across the page. Arrows and … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 6, 2022 · 19 Comments
I’ll paint your mood in shades of blue
Paint my soul to be with you
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 18, 2022 · 10 Comments
The hourglass of life filled with granular moments…
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