Posted by Brad Osborne on June 23, 2022 · 20 Comments
If amidst the dry and sandy sea,
They could sit right across from me,
Would we still kill one another,
Or would we have seen a brother.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2022 · 8 Comments
Bed chamber romances,
With kingdoms at stake,
Lost in stolen glances…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 16, 2022 · 21 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 4, 2022 · 14 Comments
I told you everything would be okay,
And we both knew that was untrue…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2022 · 16 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 9, 2022 · 26 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
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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…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with civilization, countries, emotions, kingdoms, Kings, love, passion, poem, Poetry, poison, Queens, romance, singular, thrones, war
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…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with combat, country, death, decorated, duty, fruit salad, life, martyr, medals, military, morality, poem, Poetry, war, warrior
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