Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2022 · 13 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 August 21, 2022 · 14 Comments
Specters,
That haunt,
Every moment…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dreams, eyes, hair, haunted, heart, hunger, lips, love, moments, poem, Poetry, specters, spirit, wild, wishes
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 17, 2022 · 16 Comments
Let twilight fall into night,
And I will hold you near…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 14, 2022 · 34 Comments
My words are very real,
They speak the truth, and yet…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with caress, closeness, distance, heart, kiss, longing, love, physical, poem, Poetry, relationships, separate, together, touch, words
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 14, 2022 · 4 Comments
I give it to you,
Bloody and beating,
This love so blue,
Still retreating…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2022 · 17 Comments
You wear a proud mantle,
Already well earned…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with family, family history, father, finding yourself, generations, grandfather, heart, lineage, love, poem, Poetry, pride, son, strength, support
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 30, 2022 · 6 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with cost, dark, dawn, evils, grace, heart, light, lost, love, night, past, shadows, silohouette, stains, unholy
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 25, 2022 · 8 Comments
We shared a puits d’amour,
In the café on rue Bonaparte,
Parisian nights the gallery,
And pastry the delicious art…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with City of Love, duty, heart, life, love, night, one, Paris, passion, pastry, remembered, reminder, Rue, soldier, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 25, 2022 · 9 Comments
These feelings are strong,
But so hard to explain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 31, 2022 · 12 Comments
Where what was held sway,
Over what could be next…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with future, heart, letting go, life, Life lessons, lost love, love, more, pain, past, personal growth, poem, Poetry, relationships, tears
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