Posted by Brad Osborne on June 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
Carrying the scent of next,
Old flames prefaced by “ex”…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breeze, falling in love, history, life, love, next, often, old flames, once, past, poem, Poetry, relationships, unique, wind
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 12, 2021 · 23 Comments
I could not say it for the longest time,
Fearing my life by acronym defined…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with combat, death, definition, fear, honesty, life, mental health, past, poem, Poetry, PTSD, stigma, truth, war, warrior
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2021 · 26 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 17, 2021 · 13 Comments
Leave me alone,
To make peace with the past,
To quiet the ghosts…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with alone, burden, evil, finding peace, fire, ghost, haunted, history, mental health, pain, past, peace, poem, Poetry, solitude
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2021 · 17 Comments
Your words now, mere whispers in the willows,
The fragrance of yesterdays and long gones…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with absence, distance, fading, faint, fragile, life, losing love, lost love, love, memories, past, poem, Poetry, shadows, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 1, 2021 · 17 Comments
It is but a simple wooden box,
An unadorned treasure chest…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with box, life, little things, meaning, memories, past, photographs, reminders, special, tears, touchstone, treasure, trinkets, trivial, wooden
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2021 · 10 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bad, bodies, darkness, forgotten, good, honored, hushed, memories, names, past, poem, Poetry, remembered, whispered, wounds
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 4, 2021 · 12 Comments
The air hangs like a traitor,
Motionless and well dead,
A raucous silence…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with actions, dark, death, deeds, evil, free form poetry, future, good, karma, life, light, past, poem, Poetry, prodigal
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 27, 2021 · 16 Comments
There in the mirror, a life defined,
Written in every crevice and line
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aging, gravity, greying, imperfect, laughter, life, lines, mirror, old, past, reflection, scars, tears, time, wrinkled
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 13, 2021 · 17 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with cost, dark, dawn, evils, grace, heart, light, lost, love, night, past, shadows, silohouette, stains, unholy
