Posted by Brad Osborne on January 26, 2022 · 13 Comments
Humility be damned, I need your vote!
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 17, 2022 · 29 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 12, 2022 · 21 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 January 6, 2022 · 24 Comments
Go,
Don’t look back,
You, no need to see the years walked away…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 2, 2022 · 16 Comments
Scars do not protect a heart,
Old wounds are oft renewed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 1, 2022 · 24 Comments
Respect is not given, its earned,
Wisdom is in living, not learned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 23, 2021 · 19 Comments
I watch the world curl into itself,
As streets empty from the rush…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 20, 2021 · 8 Comments
It is there,
Among dappled sunlight,
Twinkling the scent of violets,
On one of those forever days…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 11, 2021 · 18 Comments
Any man the fool,
To not cherish long,
The promise of your love…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 2, 2021 · 13 Comments
As you go through your life you’ll find
most things will come and go
like the weather of the seasons
the heat, the rain, and snow
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