Posted by Brad Osborne on May 27, 2023 · 17 Comments
You were once everything,
But fickle is love and fate…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with advice, blinded, falling in love, fate, fear, fool, heartbreak, love, pain, past, poem, poerty, relationships, shiny, wise men
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 11, 2023 · 9 Comments
Your hands will never touch,
All the things I feel…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with actions, fear, feeling, hope, kiss, knowing, little things, love, poem, Poetry, relationships, seeing, touch, undefined, words
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 25, 2023 · 9 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 April 6, 2023 · 13 Comments
I wonder if you have changed,
If what we went through…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breaking up, change, distance, ex-lovers, lost, love, perception, personal development, personal growth, poem, Poetry, regrets, relationships, time, wonder
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 25, 2023 · 8 Comments
Carrying the scent of next,
Old flames prefaced by “ex”…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breeze, falling in love, history, life, love, next, often, old flames, once, past, poem, Poetry, relationships, unique, wind
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 5, 2023 · 7 Comments
With him lived and studied twenty monks and one nun whose name was Eshon.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with admiration, being in love, emotion, free expression, individual, infatuation, Life lessons, love, openess, personal growth, relationships, secret love, sex, Tao, Tao Te Ching, taoism, taoist, teachings
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 25, 2023 · 11 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 February 23, 2023 · 4 Comments
Where what was held sway,
Over what could be next…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with future, heart, letting go, life, Life lessons, lost love, love, more, pain, past, personal growth, poem, Poetry, relationships, tears
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 20, 2023 · 11 Comments
If I had known, it would end like this,
I would have lingered longer in each kiss…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 16, 2023 · 12 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
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