Posted by Brad Osborne on December 3, 2020 · 16 Comments
How sad,
My only beauty,
Splashed ink on some page…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 16, 2020 · 22 Comments
…We know best where we came from,
And must own the person we become.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 7, 2020 · 4 Comments
The great gnarled, scaly, and teethy beasts,
Lie in wait and upon our feelings feast…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2020 · 22 Comments
It won’t always be a voice,
That shouts strength into your soul…
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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 14, 2020 · 13 Comments
Let them fall away,
Hurtful words that people say,
Tears that wash the pain that stays…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2020 · 21 Comments
Black iron dripped from the quill,
Life scratched into stiff parchment…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 27, 2020 · 19 Comments
Searched for words a greater role,
Then the penning of a line,
Understanding how the soul,
And the words I write entwine.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 7, 2019 · 4 Comments
Coursing around stones and rocks
Dug from unknown biases
Changing the direction of the flow
To find a less resistive path
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 19, 2019 · 4 Comments
That is until I pulled up to the next stop light. Beside me sat a man in his bright red two-seater convertible, top down, aviator shades perched on his nose, and his music just about two clicks to loud.
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