Posted by Brad Osborne on May 13, 2021 · 15 Comments
I have stayed silent,
When I should have spoke…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 27, 2021 · 12 Comments
So, burn it to the ground,
If that is your great desire…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 11, 2021 · 19 Comments
Do not let my calm demeanor,
Make you for a minute think,
That I am not a man of purpose…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 7, 2021 · 20 Comments
When it is bent by all we hear,
The repeated lies and fallacies,
Where is the truth we hold dear,
When ours seem to never agree…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 6, 2021 · 10 Comments
Stand not idly by and watch,
Whispering words in wishes,
Wanted given in little prayers,
When action seen capricious…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 4, 2020 · 16 Comments
Cling not to the past,
The ancient and rusted
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 5, 2020 · 13 Comments
We fear our own demise,
The closing of our eyes,
A world that fades away,
The dying of our last day.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2020 · 22 Comments
It won’t always be a voice,
That shouts strength into your soul…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 19, 2020 · 25 Comments
I am praying for them, not for myself,
What could my faith have possibly earned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
The thoughts we think in our own mind,
Be it ill fate or happiness,
The things to which we are resigned.
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