Posted by Brad Osborne on January 14, 2021 · 15 Comments
I give it to you,
Bloody and beating,
This love so blue,
Still retreating…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 3, 2021 · 21 Comments
Go,
Don’t look back,
You, no need to see the years walked away…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with ending, heartache, leaving, life, Life lessons, looking back, losing, lost love, love, pain, poem, Poetry, relationships, strict form poetry, unrequited
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Scars do not protect a heart,
Old wounds are oft renewed…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beaten, dreams, failure, heart, life, love, loving, pain, poem, Poetry, relationships, risk, safety, strict form poetry, wounded
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 28, 2020 · 14 Comments
Respect is not given, its earned,
Wisdom is in living, not learned…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with character, charity, creed, hope, knowledge, life, Life lessons, love, pain, poem, Poetry, respect, strict form poetry, time, wisdom
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 12, 2020 · 9 Comments
Memories of you cling to me like rain on a window,
Muddied by the dust of days in a purity lost…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with life, memories, pain, permanent, poem, Poetry, purpose, reminder, scars, stain, stained, strict form poetry, tattoo, unwelcome, vows
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 19, 2020 · 23 Comments
I could not be the person you wanted,
And with every tear you cried…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with apology, forgiveness, forgotten, kiss, losing love, love, missing you, momento, pain, poem, Poetry, relationships, remembering, strict form poetry, thankful
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 18, 2020 · 14 Comments
In hopes left from what will,
Pain comes from the knowing…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with forward, future, ghosts, life, Life lessons, looking ahead, looking back, new, old, pain, past, poem, Poetry, regret, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Decaying scent to what has died,
The smell of salt within our tears…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 17, 2020 · 18 Comments
You stare at me white and unblinking,
Waiting to see what I am thinking…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 10, 2020 · 11 Comments
Grey words tied like a long-jaded rosary,
Worn-out in the constant touching,
A vanquished mind is forever lost…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with ancient, broken heart, cost of love, indelible, lost, love, memories, pain, poem, Poetry, reminders, scars, soul, strict form poetry, wounds
