Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 17 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2021 · 9 Comments
As the sins of man sift through steady hands,
I sacrifice myself upon the bloody lands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 21, 2021 · 27 Comments
Forever I have feared the tears,
The long ribbons of sadness…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 7, 2020 · 20 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 October 17, 2020 · 14 Comments
The red ink of history written,
Drips long from the blades of man…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 23, 2020 · 19 Comments
Since the dawn of time we have fought,
Millions of lives have been paid, nothing bought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 31, 2019 · 14 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 September 22, 2019 · 11 Comments
Thrust upon us this horrid war
Lives cast in blood and sand
Can we ever hope something more
Salvation but prayer in weak hand
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