Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2023 · 9 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with cold, cursed, dark, death, demons, evil, fire, free form poetry, freedom, ghosts, life, pain, prose, sin, twisted
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2023 · 16 Comments
Wisdom is rarer when found in error…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with choice, cost, decisions, direction, freedom, learning, life, Life lessons, living, mistakes, path, poem, Poetry, wisdom, wrong
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 22, 2023 · 8 Comments
Anyone can steer when the seas are calm,
And I pray your days filled with breezes just…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 1, 2023 · 11 Comments
I have freedoms others will never know,
Simply because my skin is white…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 11, 2022 · 7 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with cold, cursed, dark, death, demons, evil, fire, free form poetry, freedom, ghosts, life, pain, prose, sin, twisted
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 2, 2022 · 27 Comments
Wisdom is rarer when found in error…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with choice, cost, decisions, direction, freedom, learning, life, Life lessons, living, mistakes, path, poem, Poetry, wisdom, wrong
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 1, 2022 · 12 Comments
Anyone can steer when the seas are calm,
And I pray your days filled with breezes just…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with Finding strength, finding yourself, freedom, hope, life, poem, Poetry, pressure, problems, sailing, storm, stormy, strength, stress, trouble
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 8, 2022 · 19 Comments
I have freedoms others will never know,
Simply because my skin is white…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with black, black lives matter, color, community, fear, freedom, hate, poem, Poetry, privilege, race, racism, relations, society, white
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 25, 2021 · 13 Comments
But life is not so easy this,
A linear chart of time,
A life lived to its fullest intent,
Has always been a climb…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with climbing, direction, downtown, empowerment, freedom, journey, ladder, life, Life lessons, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry, struggle, time, up
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 17, 2021 · 17 Comments
Anyone can steer when the seas are calm,
And I pray your days filled with breezes just…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with Finding strength, finding yourself, freedom, hope, life, poem, Poetry, pressure, problems, sailing, storm, stormy, strength, stress, trouble
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