Posted by Brad Osborne on February 21, 2021 · 27 Comments
Forever I have feared the tears,
The long ribbons of sadness…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 24, 2021 · 13 Comments
Analgesics for the pain,
Learned minds to explain,
Therapy for the brain…
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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 9, 2020 · 18 Comments
If untouched is the heart,
Harboring nothing to fear,
Then what is the need,
For shedding a tear?
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Decaying scent to what has died,
The smell of salt within our tears…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 17, 2020 · 22 Comments
The far-off tolling of a bell,
Breaks the silence where quiet dwells…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 27, 2020 · 8 Comments
The love you saw within my eyes,
Was guarded by practiced lies…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 18, 2020 · 30 Comments
Let loose the light in strident strands,
As faint as the scent of gardened rose…
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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 February 19, 2020 · 17 Comments
The promise and pain,
Of your tear-stained laugh,
Spinning weathervane,
Of your wind-blown path.
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