Posted by Brad Osborne on February 15, 2023 · 7 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 16, 2022 · 17 Comments
You say it won’t,
I know it will,
It always does…
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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 November 10, 2021 · 18 Comments
You say it won’t,
I know it will,
It always does…
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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 February 11, 2021 · 19 Comments
Do not let my calm demeanor,
Make you for a minute think,
That I am not a man of purpose…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 19, 2020 · 8 Comments
You say it won’t,
I know it will,
It always does…
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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 July 23, 2020 · 12 Comments
Where is the sanctity in what you do,
In raising a hand against another…
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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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