Posted by Brad Osborne on September 10, 2020 · 16 Comments
I don’t blame you,
The digging is hard work,
And this old rock,
Bears little ore to sell…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 6, 2020 · 17 Comments
No hidden lie or fear kept dark,
Soul flayed to a bloody peeled view,
Yet, as I gave myself away,
My secrets turned to weapons true…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 12, 2020 · 21 Comments
There to laugh and share good times,
But I read your face between the lines…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 2, 2020 · 16 Comments
Finding a needle in a haystack,
Is certainly a tremendous feat…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dreams, fantasy, hope, life, love, other half, partner, poem, Poetry, relationships, searching, seeking, single, strict form poetry, true love
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 8, 2020 · 19 Comments
The time to be fiscal, it would appear,
As our problems multiply and mount…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with accounting, assets, balance sheet, gains, investing, liabilities, losses, love, math, measuring, poem, poems, Poetry, relationships, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 17, 2020 · 12 Comments
You say that you love me,
But how am I to know,
The words are so easy,
These little seeds we sow.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 15, 2020 · 14 Comments
Though shouted from the source,
The words of love you profess,
Through life’s peaked and valleyed course,
Each echo is heard a little less.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 13, 2020 · 10 Comments
To latest lover you say goodbye,
Time to put on your game face,
Unchosen and yet you know not why,
Replacement love now the race.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 10, 2020 · 16 Comments
There is no deflection,
To your sought perfection,
For if he misses mark,
You tear his world apart.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with expectations, fantasy, idealistic, life, Life lessons, love, not good enough, perfection, poem, Poetry, reality, relationships, subservience, unloved, wants
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 19, 2020 · 9 Comments
How hard would we laugh,
Salted smiles from glass rim,
You would still be just her,
And I would still be just him.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with charms, distance, fears, indelible, love, memories, poem, Poetry, relationships, reminder, safety, sex, staying the same, strict form poetry, the past
