Posted by Brad Osborne on April 7, 2021 · 23 Comments
When I die, I will never be far away,
And if you look for me, I will be easily found…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with always, closeness, death, far, giving, life, looking, lost love, love, near, need, poem, Poetry, time, unending
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 17 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bravery, brotherhood, citations, death, fear, honors, life, luck, medals, military, poem, Poetry, ribbons, service, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 25, 2021 · 23 Comments
Painted in crimson,
The camouflaged art,
The venomed light dew…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aposematic, bright, colorful, dangerous, death, kiss, lips, love, nature, poem, Poetry, poisonous, taste, venomous, warning
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2021 · 9 Comments
As the sins of man sift through steady hands,
I sacrifice myself upon the bloody lands…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with country, darkness, death, evil, flag, humanity, military, old glory, patriotism, poem, Poetry, service, stars and stripes, war, warrior
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 13, 2021 · 18 Comments
It seems like so long ago,
Since hallowed earth,
Robed you in finality…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, forever, free form poetry, graveyard, hallowed, life, moving on, Poetry, poetry forms, remaining, remembering, silence, song, soul, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 4, 2021 · 12 Comments
The air hangs like a traitor,
Motionless and well dead,
A raucous silence…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with actions, dark, death, deeds, evil, free form poetry, future, good, karma, life, light, past, poem, Poetry, prodigal
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 20, 2021 · 10 Comments
It crashed our conversation,
Like an adolescent driver,
More meteor than metaphor…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with abrupt, breaking up, crashed, death, falling, grace, life, love, meteor, pause, poem, Poetry, quiet, relationships, silence
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 23, 2020 · 21 Comments
I am a black spectre,
A swift and silent wraith,
Shadowless and unseen…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dark, deadly, death, fearless, free form poetry, hidden, life, poem, Poetry, silent, sniper, special forces, swift, unnamed, unseen
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 20, 2020 · 9 Comments
We laugh in the face of death, we own forever,
For we have been written down, long penned…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, forever, future, generations, immortal, immortality, ink, life, permanence, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry, words, writers, writing
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 14, 2020 · 11 Comments
Death has waited too long,
To win in fatal sport,
Life is more of a sprint,
Time is always short…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, dying, grim reaper, immortality, late, life, Life lessons, living, living to the fullest, poem, Poetry, sprint, strict form poetry, time, winning
