Posted by Brad Osborne on September 28, 2022 · 6 Comments
It seems nothing requires proof,
And all we ever do is fight…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 5, 2022 · 17 Comments
Let me be a welcomed sign,
On the path so hard to find…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 28, 2022 · 17 Comments
There is nothing more honorable,
Then being of service to another…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 15, 2022 · 19 Comments
What if no one would ever know,
What evil would eager tempt,
What good would go undone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 6, 2022 · 19 Comments
I’ll paint your mood in shades of blue
Paint my soul to be with you
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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 June 23, 2022 · 20 Comments
If amidst the dry and sandy sea,
They could sit right across from me,
Would we still kill one another,
Or would we have seen a brother.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 6, 2022 · 3 Comments
As swords are beaten into ploughshares,
So is man wrought by the hammer of cares…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 24, 2022 · 15 Comments
~~~ Spillwords.com presents: Lost Sight, a poem by Brad Osborne, whose writings cover fiction and non-fiction, and cross most genres. Source: Lost Sight, a poem by Brad Osborne at Spillwords.com ~~~
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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