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A Nurse Cries

Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2020 · 35 Comments

She cries,
Salted pain hangs from her lashes,
And falls upon her light blue smock,
To mix with the sweat of long days.

Filed under Poetry · Tagged with crying, doctors, duty, healthcare workers, humanity, life, pandemic, poem, poems, Poetry, society, strict form poetry, struggle, suffering, urses

MOS 8541

Posted by Brad Osborne on October 24, 2019 · 3 Comments

In paper fifteen hundred yards away
Now a perfect small circle can be seen

Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death from afar, discipline, distance, duty, elite, marksmanship, poem, Poetry, precision, skill, sniper, special forces, stealth, strict form poetry

Brotherhood

Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment

A bond, not of blood, but of breed. For family is not about having the same blood, it is about who would shed theirs for you.

Filed under General · Tagged with blood, bonding, bonds, breed, brotherhood, combat, commitment, credo, duty, family, life, loyalty, service

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