Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2023 · 15 Comments
They did not contemplate,
That it would be this night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 10, 2023 · 11 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 22, 2023 · 8 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 March 26, 2023 · 9 Comments
These feelings are strong,
But so hard to explain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 8, 2023 · 18 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 March 6, 2023 · 11 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 February 22, 2023 · 12 Comments
I watched the sun set,
On so many, many things…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 8, 2023 · 10 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 December 28, 2022 · 8 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 3, 2022 · 11 Comments
My mind plays tricks on me,
The kind without a laugh,
Spirits haunting memory,
As I walk my solemn path…
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