Posted by Brad Osborne on July 20, 2022 · 5 Comments
We are not what we were,
But we are what we teach…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 27, 2022 · 8 Comments
We are but a speck of ink,
On a billion pages of history…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 24, 2022 · 16 Comments
Carrying the scent of next,
Old flames prefaced by “ex”…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 26, 2022 · 34 Comments
Leave me alone,
To make peace with the past,
To quiet the ghosts…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 5, 2022 · 23 Comments
We are but a speck of ink,
On a billion pages of history…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brevity, clock, construct, endless, history, human race, humanity, life, lifetime, poem, Poetry, short, space, time, universe
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 6, 2021 · 13 Comments
Ancient history is left to be seen,
And all that time can offer to see…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 3, 2021 · 13 Comments
I see their ghosts in morning mist,
That washes across battlefield…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 1, 2021 · 9 Comments
We are not what we were,
But we are what we teach…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bigotry, enlightenment, failures, growth, hate, history, humanity, learning, lessons learned, poem, Poetry, slavery, society, tragic, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 7, 2021 · 12 Comments
Yea, the many hands that held,
The songs, sonnets, and psalms…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
Carrying the scent of next,
Old flames prefaced by “ex”…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breeze, falling in love, history, life, love, next, often, old flames, once, past, poem, Poetry, relationships, unique, wind
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