Posted by Brad Osborne on June 26, 2022 · 4 Comments
What is it that remains?
When the less is stripped away…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, left behind, life, Life lessons, no filter, personal truth, poem, poems, Poetry, remaining, retrospective, strict form poetry, truth, unfiltered, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 22, 2022 · 8 Comments
Witnessed by angelic eyes,
A loving son still survives…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 11, 2022 · 7 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 16, 2022 · 21 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 12, 2022 · 17 Comments
If these words cannot make you stay,
Then all I will ask for is one more day…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dark, death, fear, hardships, help, helpless, hope, hurt, life, light, pain, poem, Poetry, someone, suicide
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 7, 2022 · 19 Comments
When cometh time, that I am dead,
Lookest not for my earthly grave,
To tread the mound o’er fallen head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 4, 2022 · 14 Comments
I told you everything would be okay,
And we both knew that was untrue…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 21, 2022 · 15 Comments
Each small step we take in life,
Leads to an unseen abyss
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, existence, future, hope, humanity, life, Life lessons, limited time, mortality, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 20, 2022 · 12 Comments
Swooping from heaven to pluck us,
From the hell they dropped us in…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 18, 2022 · 7 Comments
Standing at the top of the world,
Rare ground that few have trod…
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