Posted by Brad Osborne on September 15, 2022 · 23 Comments
The sorrows and sins of our lives fall like rain,
When cloudy skies and fate darken ahead…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2022 · 17 Comments
You wear a proud mantle,
Already well earned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 6, 2022 · 17 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 1, 2022 · 12 Comments
Anyone can steer when the seas are calm,
And I pray your days filled with breezes just…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 25, 2022 · 9 Comments
These feelings are strong,
But so hard to explain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 14, 2022 · 16 Comments
There are times when you think you will not get out alive,
When forces are plotted against your plan to survive
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2022 · 13 Comments
Worth is not found in what we hold,
Not seen in our vaults of silver and gold…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 30, 2022 · 24 Comments
I watched the sun set,
On so many, many things…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 13, 2022 · 19 Comments
Strength comes in the spirit knowing,
Even as the world turns to ashen gray,
And our joys seem so yesterday…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 24, 2022 · 27 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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