Posted by Brad Osborne on August 21, 2021 · 17 Comments
There are smallish moments,
When our lives seem to exhale…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 19, 2021 · 16 Comments
Joy does not have our address,
It cannot find us by itself…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 12, 2021 · 17 Comments
Strength comes in the spirit knowing,
Even as the world turns to ashen gray,
And our joys seem so yesterday…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 10, 2021 · 15 Comments
I would say it with a touch of arrogance,
Knowing the freedoms others did not have…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
I must purge,
Throw off the negative,
In a shuffling of the mind…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 6, 2020 · 16 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 20, 2020 · 20 Comments
When all too late I realize,
You prefer to hear the little lies…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 26, 2020 · 17 Comments
The bleach-whitened and perfect smile,
Leopard prints and trendy style…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 19, 2020 · 17 Comments
The promise and pain,
Of your tear-stained laugh,
Spinning weathervane,
Of your wind-blown path.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 3, 2020 · 10 Comments
Sometimes,
The tear drop falls,
An unseen pain.
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