Posted by Brad Osborne on September 15, 2022 · 23 Comments
The sorrows and sins of our lives fall like rain,
When cloudy skies and fate darken ahead…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 5, 2022 · 17 Comments
Let me be a welcomed sign,
On the path so hard to find…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 20, 2022 · 23 Comments
There are many things one can hang their hat on as being worthy of the time we are given.
Filed under General · Tagged with age, blessings, combat, death, editorial, gift, giving back, guilt, legacy, life, Life lessons, purpose, survivor, time, worthy
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 21, 2022 · 25 Comments
I am not aimless,
I am simply an ebb and flow…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 26, 2022 · 13 Comments
What is it that remains?
When the less is stripped away…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, left behind, life, Life lessons, no filter, personal truth, poem, poems, Poetry, remaining, retrospective, strict form poetry, truth, unfiltered, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 9, 2022 · 15 Comments
Their journey was long, from their small temple in a humble village in the valley, across the mountain path to the city beyond…
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with distance, koan, Life lessons, oneness, parables, perspective, Tao, Tao Te Ching, taoism, taoist, wisdom, yin and yang
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 4, 2022 · 13 Comments
Five hundred million breaths,
All it takes to see eighty years…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 2, 2022 · 27 Comments
Wisdom is rarer when found in error…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 24, 2022 · 15 Comments
~~~ Spillwords.com presents: Lost Sight, a poem by Brad Osborne, whose writings cover fiction and non-fiction, and cross most genres. Source: Lost Sight, a poem by Brad Osborne at Spillwords.com ~~~
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 19, 2022 · 3 Comments
Turn stale and crumble in decay,
Blown in the winds yesterdays…
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