Posted by Brad Osborne on November 8, 2020 · 16 Comments
My moon is blue,
From the missing of you…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 17, 2020 · 22 Comments
The far-off tolling of a bell,
Breaks the silence where quiet dwells…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 14, 2020 · 15 Comments
If I were to lose my eyes,
And darkness take my light…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with devotion, hearing, life, loss, love, poem, Poetry, senses, sight, smell, strict form poetry, taste, touch, unchanging, unknown
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 3, 2020 · 22 Comments
It is not darkness that I see,
In my life destined by brevity…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 19, 2020 · 17 Comments
The promise and pain,
Of your tear-stained laugh,
Spinning weathervane,
Of your wind-blown path.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with curse, dichotomy, happiness, kiss, life, loss, love, pain, poem, Poetry, sanity, sorrow, strict form poetry, sun, tears
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 22, 2020 · 18 Comments
Do not send me off this way,
With tears and woeful cries,
Let me think that my last day,
Will be seen through happy eyes.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with celebration of life, death, dying, final wishes, funeral, grief, grieving, laughter, life, loss, memories, open form poetry, poem, Poetry, sadness
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 9, 2020 · 19 Comments
The smoke hangs like haunted haze Though the fire has been out for days These lingering and languishing fears Astringent to eyes filled with tears Our little flame burning so bright Has ceased her gift of flickering light Being left without her contagious spark We live in a world a little more … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 14, 2019 · 8 Comments
It is a disconnect,
A sinister flaw,
So hard to detect,
Invisible to all.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with barriers, bonds, death, detached, emotional detachment, fear, intimacy, life, loss, love, pain, poem, Poetry, protection, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 28, 2019 · 10 Comments
Our love born within the heart of a volcano,
Molten desire heated by an explosive core,
An amalgam of hopes and dreams shared,
Churning in the crucible of rampant passion.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 25, 2019 · 15 Comments
If I can never again look upon your face,
Then I pray you take my stricken eyes,
For no beauty will ever quite replace,
The depth of soul that within it lies.
