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 10, 2022 · 17 Comments
How is it the color of one’s skin,
Somehow defines what is held within…
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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 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 July 17, 2022 · 19 Comments
Were wrapped in greedy wishes,
And fingers crossed on hands…
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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 May 8, 2022 · 19 Comments
I have freedoms others will never know,
Simply because my skin is white…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 10, 2022 · 13 Comments
My emotions spill into the world around me,
A tributary to the river of humanity…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 10, 2022 · 28 Comments
Do not ask me what I have seen,
For I have seen it all…
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