The Last Mile

Posted by Brad Osborne on March 19, 2022 · 22 Comments 

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I did not want to see fear, not in those eyes

The one’s that stare back at me in the photo

Your arm pulling me to you, a big brother

My idol of a youth now many decades ago

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I did not want to say a prayer, not those words

To your God who needed you more than I do

Who says you are somehow now earthly gone

Yet everywhere I look I find the pieces of you

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I did not want to cry, not those tears

Falling onto to the freshly broken ground

Another flag to remember a hero lost

And the solace your rest has been found

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I did not want to ride, not that bike

Not for the last time, kickstand down

They may have buried you in the earth

But this was your hallowed ground

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