Posted by Brad Osborne on November 29, 2020 · 10 Comments
Not once does life come to me,
The vivid lucidity of wondrous dream…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 10, 2020 · 25 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 May 13, 2020 · 33 Comments
So, forgive us the forms we hold,
And the lilting words given phrase…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2020 · 26 Comments
Daylight melts into the horizon,
A ribbon of pink and orange…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2020 · 10 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 March 8, 2020 · 9 Comments
A synaptic wind blows,
Through the empty spaces,
Shoving clouds across mind’s sky,
Like a playground bully.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 16, 2020 · 22 Comments
From the curb the house looks so familiar,
The front door a different color,
And the hedges now more fully grown…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 28, 2019 · 10 Comments
Our love born within the heart of a volcano,
Molten desire heated by an explosive core,
An amalgam of hopes and dreams shared,
Churning in the crucible of rampant passion.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 3, 2019 · 22 Comments
The only always I can promise is…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 21, 2019 · 6 Comments
Just simple words from an even simpler man
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