Posted by Brad Osborne on January 10, 2022 · 13 Comments
When it is bent by all we hear,
The repeated lies and fallacies,
Where is the truth we hold dear,
When ours seem to never agree…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 13, 2021 · 15 Comments
It seems nothing requires proof,
And all we ever do is fight…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 7, 2021 · 20 Comments
When it is bent by all we hear,
The repeated lies and fallacies,
Where is the truth we hold dear,
When ours seem to never agree…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 23, 2020 · 18 Comments
It seems nothing requires proof,
And all we ever do is fight…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 5, 2020 · 13 Comments
We fear our own demise,
The closing of our eyes,
A world that fades away,
The dying of our last day.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 17, 2020 · 12 Comments
You say that you love me,
But how am I to know,
The words are so easy,
These little seeds we sow.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 26, 2019 · 2 Comments
As referenced above, this phrase is just shorthand for ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’.
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