Posted by Brad Osborne on September 30, 2021 · 19 Comments
It is not darkness that I see,
In my life destined by brevity…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with continuation, death, dying, family, fulfillment, life, loss, love, loved one, partner, poem, Poetry, spouse, strict form poetry, uncompromised
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 9, 2021 · 20 Comments
I have lived a biker’s life,
yet now I ride with one fear.
Filed under Poetry, Reading for Riders · Tagged with bikers, death, life, motorcycle, old age, open road, Poetry, regret, saddle, time, time is fleeting, two wheels, youth
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 19, 2021 · 24 Comments
“I was once run over by an airplane”.
Filed under General · Tagged with airplane, blue goose, Cessna, death, fathers, flight instructor, flying, funny, life, Piper, plane, run over, story, unbelievable, youth
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 11, 2021 · 21 Comments
I travel now, a different path,
In a world you cannot see…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, eternal, grief, heaven, hell, life, living, love, memories, passing, path, poem, Poetry, sadness, tears
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 29, 2021 · 23 Comments
The ink stained linen and shiny coins,
That have passed through ten thousand hands…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with antique, bills, coins, credit cards, currency, death, debit cards, digital age, dollar bills, money, paper money, pennies, plastic, poem, Poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 15, 2021 · 20 Comments
And we then, well-reminded,
To our future we are blinded…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with close to death, death, each day, final moments, flash, gift, legacy, life, living, near death experience, poem, Poetry, precious, reflection, reward
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 10, 2021 · 12 Comments
Wooden fingers snap syncopated beats,
As sparks waft into the air like fireflies
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with consuming, death, eulogy, fire, forest, life, poem, Poetry, pyre, respect, sacrificed, strict form poetry, thankfulness, warmth, wood
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 8, 2021 · 17 Comments
Oh, mercy lay your hands on me
A wretched soul not yet set free
Proud soldier with unbent knee
A good death is all I beg of thee
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bravery, code, death, glory, honor, justice, life, poem, poerty, prayer, pride, sacrifice, Spartan, strict form poetry, warrior
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 28, 2021 · 20 Comments
Witnessed by angelic eyes,
A loving son still survives…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with alone, death, forever, future, grief, life, loss, love, mother, parenting, past, poem, Poetry, son, surviving
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 27, 2021 · 16 Comments
For the first twenty years of my life,
I was taught not to turn on the switch…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with animal, brainwashing, change, combat, death, existence, indoctrination, killer, life, military, poem, Poetry, service, switch, warrior
