Posted by Brad Osborne on May 2, 2023 · 14 Comments
If amidst the dry and sandy sea,
They could sit right across from me,
Would we still kill one another,
Or would we have seen a brother.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 27, 2023 · 5 Comments
My tears wrote a love song,
On the letter you left behind…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 26, 2023 · 9 Comments
These feelings are strong,
But so hard to explain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 23, 2023 · 4 Comments
Where what was held sway,
Over what could be next…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 12, 2023 · 18 Comments
I did not want to say a prayer, not those words,
To your God who needed you more than I do…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 8, 2023 · 17 Comments
pillwords.com presents: Bind Your Tears, a poem by Brad Osborne
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 5, 2023 · 6 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 5, 2022 · 13 Comments
The far-off tolling of a bell,
Breaks the silence where quiet dwells…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 10, 2022 · 26 Comments
I travel now, a different path,
In a world you cannot see…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 23, 2022 · 20 Comments
If amidst the dry and sandy sea,
They could sit right across from me,
Would we still kill one another,
Or would we have seen a brother.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brotherhood, conflict, desert, finding peace, human nature, humanity, mankind, poem, Poetry, sand, strict form poetry, strife, tears, unity, war
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