Posted by Brad Osborne on May 27, 2021 · 19 Comments
Each small step we take in life,
Leads to an unseen abyss
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, existence, future, hope, humanity, life, Life lessons, limited time, mortality, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry
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 April 26, 2021 · 12 Comments
I watched the sun set,
On so many, many things…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blindness, darkness, Finding strength, hope, life, Life lessons, light, poem, Poetry, sight, strength, tomorrow, trapped, weight, will
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 24, 2021 · 18 Comments
If I had known, it would end like this,
I would have lingered longer in each kiss…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with end, holding on, kiss, knowing, knowledge, life, Life lessons, love, moments, poem, Poetry, relationships, time, truth, wish
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2021 · 19 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with boat, fishing, generations, gift, giving, hard work, koan, learning, life, Life lessons, mantra, parable, taoism, taoist koan, tradition
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 19, 2021 · 16 Comments
Joy does not have our address,
It cannot find us by itself…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with Amazon, different, finding your path, finding yourself, found, happiness, how-to, joy, life, Life lessons, looking, peace, poem, Poetry, searching
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 12, 2021 · 17 Comments
Strength comes in the spirit knowing,
Even as the world turns to ashen gray,
And our joys seem so yesterday…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dawn, feelings, happiness, happy, joy, life, Life lessons, moments, negative, poem, Poetry, sadness, shadows, spirit, strength
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2021 · 15 Comments
Is it making me take three lefts,
When I was meant to go right…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with change, choices, control, decisions, destiny, fate, figment, free will, life, Life lessons, perspective, poem, Poetry, power, purpose
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 15, 2021 · 14 Comments
…Where thoughts lead fears,
And fears push actions,
And actions leave marks…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with action, captain, choices, control, fear, life, Life lessons, master, poem, Poetry, sailing, struggle, tending, wind, World
