Posted by Brad Osborne on January 14, 2021 · 15 Comments
I give it to you,
Bloody and beating,
This love so blue,
Still retreating…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 9, 2021 · 15 Comments
The greatest philosophy,
Is to care for one another,
Possessive by apostrophe,
I, the keeper of my brother…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 16, 2020 · 24 Comments
Listen, I know it has been awhile since we talked,
I have long believed you are not there to hear me…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 3, 2020 · 25 Comments
The loving word of friend,
That whisper in our ear…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 3, 2020 · 17 Comments
The pain in their stomachs never more or less, sated by nothing, why do we not that protest.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 13, 2020 · 50 Comments
How do you find a good friend and true?
When does one become the sum of two?
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2020 · 15 Comments
It’s people we see everyday,
In their Clark Kent type of disguise…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 26, 2020 · 5 Comments
These are the times when mettle tested,
When we are measured and weighed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 1, 2020 · 17 Comments
What deeds will you lie before pearly gate,
Hoping to buy a more heavenly fate…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2020 · 11 Comments
I asked of the King, what must be done,
That in the end, maiden’s heart be won…
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