Posted by Brad Osborne on July 29, 2020 · 14 Comments
Friendships are like snakeskins,
Sometimes they must be shed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 27, 2020 · 8 Comments
The love you saw within my eyes,
Was guarded by practiced lies…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
The wrongs worn like a proud badge of honor,
So others will know just how hard she tried,
But the darkness that they cast upon her,
Stifles her from seeing the other side.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with emotional pain, finding yourself, future, holding on, hurtful echoes, letting go, love, negativity, old wrongs, past, poem, Poetry, scarred heart, self esteem, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 8, 2020 · 16 Comments
When into darkness my life fell,
Swallowed by a reductive hole,
Like penny thrown in wishing well,
The falling of a vanquished soul.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 11, 2019 · 28 Comments
It is not the upbringing,
That grants the forgiving,
Or God bestowed grace,
That given sublimates.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 27, 2019 · 10 Comments
The things you said hang from my rearview mirror,
And I hear them every time I look behind me,
Seeing the past all a little bit clearer,
The haunting making it harder to find me.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with falling in love, falling out of love, finding peace, healing, hope, letting go, love, memories, painful, passing of time, relationships, reminders, tethered, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 15, 2019 · 5 Comments
Recently a close friend referred to needing to end the pursuit of a love interest because they had too much “baggage”. I understood immediately this was not the literal possession of a vast number of suitcases. It was a representation of emotions, feelings, hurts, or misperceptions that someone carries with them long after the event … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 10, 2019 · 4 Comments
This upcoming trip, I had decided to pass the baton. There were only three of us and the date was easy. I welcomed the chance to not be burdened with the detail and minutia of planning things.
