Howard Osborne

RESERVATION

There is, I'm told, a space for you and I
Not here, not now, but at a future time
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VOLCANIC

A distant rumble grows louder, getting nearer
Sounds unlike anything I've ever heard before
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BLUE VIEW

As a soft breeze blows the net curtain
Everything I see is a pale shade of blue
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COUNTRY SCENE

The empty grey road stretches ahead
Into the distance, where I am invited
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HOPE

Hope rises, as bubbles to the surface
Pushing through dense watery doubt
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LIFETIMES

A lifetime of feelings that have to escape
Some so intense that they leave me agape
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ALL HALLOWS EVE

The night of the pumpkin is nigh
Grow your own or you have to buy
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A MIXED WELCOME

Out there, across the bay, I see it clearly now
All here must be thinking of what might come
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SMILE

A knowing smile can have many meanings
Whether one's teeth are displayed, or not
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DELIGHT

It's a wriggly feeling, bubbling up inside
A wide smile that could even be forever
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OZ

A week away, and that's all it was
A trip that I felt was well overdue
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REFLECTED MOODS

Black might bring down the mood
Allowing dark thoughts to intrude
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SWEET INSPIRATION

I do wonder, can inspiration ever stop
For good I mean, not just temporarily
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THE GODDESS

She points away to her right
Pale face and look of disdain
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WINNING NOT ACHIEVING

I laugh when others think I've lost
As all know well that I have won
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THE POINT

Gently, one can ease in
To that just vacated seat
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NEVER IS TOO LONG

Knowing that never is too long
You think in time, I will forget
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AIRLINE

Turbulence when in the air, is scary
Yet rarely a need for any Hail Mary
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COMPOSITE FREEDOM

I was compared to an angel with just one wing
Who, at least singly or alone, could never fly
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