Posted by Brad Osborne on March 28, 2022 · 13 Comments
If I had known, it would end like this,
I would have lingered longer in each kiss…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with end, holding on, kiss, knowing, knowledge, life, Life lessons, love, moments, poem, Poetry, relationships, time, truth, wish
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 23, 2022 · 28 Comments
Feeling once abandoned,
Leaves a permanent stain…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with abandonment, closed, distance, emotional pain, fear, heart, intimacy, life, love, pain, poem, Poetry, pushing, relationships, stay
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 17, 2022 · 26 Comments
I can’t be the man you need,
Because you don’t need a man…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with being, Can't be, cost, damsel, fears, giving, heart, lost, love, loving, man, need, poem, Poetry, relationships
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 23, 2022 · 21 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 February 19, 2022 · 15 Comments
It crashed our conversation,
Like an adolescent driver,
More meteor than metaphor…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with abrupt, breaking up, crashed, death, falling, grace, life, love, meteor, pause, poem, Poetry, quiet, relationships, silence
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 6, 2022 · 24 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 January 2, 2022 · 16 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 2, 2021 · 13 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 December 1, 2021 · 15 Comments
Hard to sleep the night before.
Always harder, not knowing.
With the rising sun we’ll leave,
I wonder where we’re going.
Filed under Poetry, Reading for Riders · Tagged with bikers, direction, family, humanity, life, loss, motorcycles, motorcycling, no destination, open road, Poetry, questions, relationships, riders, riding, travel, two wheels, wander, wonder
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 28, 2021 · 16 Comments
Love can become an affliction,
If the wanting an addiction…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with addictiion, control, drugs, life, love, manipulation, needing, poem, Poetry, power, relationships, strict form poetry, trapped, wanting, withdrawal
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