Posted by Brad Osborne on January 21, 2023 · 12 Comments
Our love was but an arc in time,
A span of moments,
Bridging one shore to another…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bridge, crossing, future, heartbreak, learning, Life lessons, love, lovers, moments, moving on, past, poem, Poetry, relationships, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 12, 2022 · 10 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 8, 2022 · 11 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 November 16, 2022 · 16 Comments
As you go through your life you’ll find
most things will come and go
like the weather of the seasons
the heat, the rain, and snow
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with being in love, commitment, devotion, fidelity, forever, impermanence, life, love, passing of time, permanence, Poetry, relationships, steadfast, verse
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 14, 2022 · 8 Comments
Love can become an affliction,
If the wanting an addiction…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 6, 2022 · 14 Comments
If I told you my dreams,
would you laugh at what they are?
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aspirations, belief, dreams, hope, life, love, partner, poem, Poetry, relationships, rising, shared, sky, strict form poetry, sun
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 15, 2022 · 12 Comments
We smiled but a wink at love,
Crescent moon in lilac,
And scented thoughts…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 8, 2022 · 14 Comments
Like a faint wisp of smoke,
Or a letter unread,
Like an itch I can’t get to,
You linger in my head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 18, 2022 · 14 Comments
As the adventurers in stories of old,
Setting out upon the vast blue seas,
To seek the new, so brave and bold,
We set loving sail and so went we…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 3, 2022 · 19 Comments
You listened intent, as if heaven sent,
And you memorized every word…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with fears, friend, intimacy, Kings, knowledge, love, poem, Poetry, power, relationships, safety, secrets, slain, trusted
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