Posted by Brad Osborne on May 6, 2021 · 13 Comments
Your hands will never touch,
All the things I feel…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with actions, fear, feeling, hope, kiss, knowing, little things, love, poem, Poetry, relationships, seeing, touch, undefined, words
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 25, 2021 · 20 Comments
I did not want to say a prayer, not those words,
To your God who needed you more than I do…
Filed under Poetry, Reading for Riders · Tagged with bikers, brother, death, fear, flag, hallowed, hero, life, lost, motorcycles, motorcycling, poem, Poetry, prayer, tears
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 14, 2021 · 19 Comments
Feeling once abandoned,
Leaves a permanent stain…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with abandonment, closed, distance, emotional pain, fear, heart, intimacy, life, love, pain, poem, Poetry, pushing, relationships, stay
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 15, 2021 · 12 Comments
…Where thoughts lead fears,
And fears push actions,
And actions leave marks…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
Who,
Who else,
Who else will,
If not yourself…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with fear, good, heart, love, poem, Poetry, purpose, self, strict form poetry, what, when, who, why, With, without
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 4, 2021 · 17 Comments
Hope suffers from clipped wings,
And is replaced by worried dread…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 26, 2020 · 14 Comments
My mind plays tricks on me,
The kind without a laugh,
Spirits haunting memory,
As I walk my solemn path…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 28, 2020 · 9 Comments
If morning heralded by rising moon,
And sun made the midnight noon,
If thorns bloomed from petaled stem,
And angels as evil as mortal men…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 12, 2020 · 11 Comments
As swords are beaten into ploughshares,
So is man wrought by the hammer of cares…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with chained, evil, fear, future, humanity, lament, life, mankind, mortal, poem, Poetry, revolution, society, strict form poetry, uprising
