Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2022 · 13 Comments
Worth is not found in what we hold,
Not seen in our vaults of silver and gold…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with charity, death, giving, letting go, life, Life lessons, love, poem, Poetry, power, soul, spirit, strength, value, worth
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
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 6, 2021 · 16 Comments
I have forgotten most everything,
Paled all the vivid reminders…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 5, 2021 · 20 Comments
Worth is not found in what we hold,
Not seen in our vaults of silver and gold…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with charity, death, giving, letting go, life, Life lessons, love, poem, Poetry, power, soul, spirit, strength, value, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2021 · 26 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
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 29, 2020 · 14 Comments
Friendships are like snakeskins,
Sometimes they must be shed…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with change, divergence, friendship, growing apart, growth, letting go, life, old friends, past, personal growth, poem, Poetry, snakeskin, strict form poetry, transient
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.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dark places, depression, fears, helping hand, helpless, hope, kindness, ladder, letting go, no help, poem, Poetry, rescue, save yourself
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.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with elephant, forgiveness, forgiving, letting go, not forgetting, poem, poems, Poetry, strict form poetry, the past, transgression, wrongs
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