Posted by Brad Osborne on December 8, 2021 · 16 Comments
I have more in common with a murderer than a minister,
As the red, white, and blue wraps around the sinister…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 28, 2021 · 14 Comments
Bed chamber romances,
With kingdoms at stake,
Lost in stolen glances…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 1, 2021 · 9 Comments
We are not what we were,
But we are what we teach…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 21, 2021 · 14 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2021 · 17 Comments
And in dawn’s growing light,
Was heard the bugle’s blare…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2021 · 16 Comments
I told you everything would be okay,
And we both knew that was untrue…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 12, 2021 · 23 Comments
I could not say it for the longest time,
Fearing my life by acronym defined…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 21, 2021 · 12 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 18, 2021 · 14 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
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