Posted by Brad Osborne on January 2, 2023 · 10 Comments
I must purge,
Throw off the negative,
In a shuffling of the mind…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 2, 2022 · 11 Comments
Our lives are filled with things to be done,
Chores to be worked and errands to run…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 4, 2022 · 14 Comments
I told you everything would be okay,
And we both knew that was untrue…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 26, 2022 · 34 Comments
Leave me alone,
To make peace with the past,
To quiet the ghosts…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 16, 2022 · 13 Comments
Joy does not have our address,
It cannot find us by itself…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 29, 2022 · 14 Comments
I must purge,
Throw off the negative,
In a shuffling of the mind…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dead, exhausting, free form poetry, happiness, life, meditation, negativity, new, peace, poem, Poetry, purging, renewal, stagnant, stale
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 9, 2021 · 15 Comments
Oh, mercy lay your hands on me,
A wretched soul not yet set free
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 17, 2021 · 24 Comments
Our lives are filled with things to be done,
Chores to be worked and errands to run…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with being present, life, living, living in the now, moments, pause, peace, poem, Poetry, quiet, rat race, slow down, strict form poetry, time, tranquility
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2021 · 17 Comments
And in dawn’s growing light,
Was heard the bugle’s blare…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2021 · 16 Comments
I told you everything would be okay,
And we both knew that was untrue…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with battle, brother, burial, death, funeral, life, loss, Marines, peace, poem, Poetry, promise, rest, vow, war
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