Posted by Brad Osborne on November 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
The watermark on the desk,
A simple forever reminder,
When you were sitting there,
Life seemed a little kinder…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with absence, distance, haunting, lasting, life, little things, lost love, love, memories, poem, Poetry, reminders, strict form poetry, tears, wounds
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 30, 2021 · 17 Comments
Your words in lovely ink,
Photo that does not blink…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 11, 2021 · 15 Comments
How is distance measured,
When like the moon,
Thoughts of you break upon my shore…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with absence, beauty, devotion, distance, free form poetry, heart, kisses, life, love, moonlit, nearness, poem, Poetry, prose, starlight
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 6, 2021 · 13 Comments
Ancient history is left to be seen,
And all that time can offer to see…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with ancient, celestial, distance, eternal, eternity, history, light, lightyears, passing of time, past, poem, Poetry, stars, strict form poetry, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2021 · 15 Comments
If I had only known
I would be left alone
Never would I have kissed
Those lips now sorely missed
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aching, apparition, confusion, distance, fear, ghost, love, poem, poerty, pushed away, relationships, strict form poetry, too close, too fast
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 16, 2021 · 22 Comments
I wonder if you have changed,
If what we went through…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breaking up, change, distance, ex-lovers, lost, love, perception, personal development, personal growth, poem, Poetry, regrets, relationships, time, wonder
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 2, 2021 · 21 Comments
Distance is only space,
And I am never letting go…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blessing, closeness, distance, embrace, family, friends, gift, hug, life, poem, Poetry, sister, steadfast, true, visiting
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 18, 2021 · 14 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with daughters, distance, happy, home, humanity, life, living, pain, poem, Poetry, refugees, society, survival, tears, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 14, 2021 · 19 Comments
Feeling once abandoned,
Leaves a permanent stain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2021 · 17 Comments
Your words now, mere whispers in the willows,
The fragrance of yesterdays and long gones…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with absence, distance, fading, faint, fragile, life, losing love, lost love, love, memories, past, poem, Poetry, shadows, time
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