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 May 1, 2021 · 17 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beach, beauty, death, destiny, fate, forest, life, poem, Poetry, rotting, sand, sea, strength, time, trees
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2021 · 24 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 28, 2021 · 17 Comments
What makes “you” and “me”,
Become the pronoun “we”…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with differences, exclusion, humanity, inclusion, life, poem, Poetry, pronouns, society, them, they, togetherness, you
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 25, 2021 · 20 Comments
I did not want to say a prayer, not those words,
To your God who needed you more than I do…
Filed under Poetry, Reading for Riders · Tagged with bikers, brother, death, fear, flag, hallowed, hero, life, lost, motorcycles, motorcycling, poem, Poetry, prayer, tears
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 21, 2021 · 12 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with empty, enlightenment, fate, hands, humanity, instinct, karate, life, path, poem, Poetry, reason, value, violence, war
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
