Posted by Brad Osborne on October 18, 2020 · 14 Comments
In hopes left from what will,
Pain comes from the knowing…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 24, 2020 · 19 Comments
The antiquity of binary thought,
Love bound to gender and the hate it brought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 6, 2020 · 17 Comments
No hidden lie or fear kept dark,
Soul flayed to a bloody peeled view,
Yet, as I gave myself away,
My secrets turned to weapons true…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 3, 2020 · 11 Comments
Flesh has born in body torn,
Epitaphs in sullen grey,
A feast is spread before us,
Table filled with what we say…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 31, 2020 · 19 Comments
There in the faint, narrow headlights,
Under the bus grill’s evil grin,
Glowing set of yellow footprints,
Where the journey would thus begin…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 30, 2020 · 26 Comments
With reds and golds and yellow hues
The autumn trees paint a vivid view
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 5, 2020 · 13 Comments
We fear our own demise,
The closing of our eyes,
A world that fades away,
The dying of our last day.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 19, 2020 · 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 July 18, 2020 · 26 Comments
The dawn sun cracks the horizon,
Whispers words to wake the world…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 16, 2020 · 22 Comments
…We know best where we came from,
And must own the person we become.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with individual, inner self, life, Life lessons, poem, Poetry, power, real, self esteem, self love, self-awareness, strength, strict form poetry, truth, uniqueness
