Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2022 · 22 Comments
Must I leave the earth that I love,
Transit the most dangerous place…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 21, 2022 · 15 Comments
Each small step we take in life,
Leads to an unseen abyss
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 14, 2022 · 16 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 February 14, 2022 · 31 Comments
A million gaping mouths,
Clamoring to be fed,
Many worthy causes,
Pulling a single thread…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 7, 2022 · 23 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 26, 2022 · 14 Comments
Oh, how fragile,
A house of glass,
From sea to shining sea…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 24, 2022 · 27 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 23, 2022 · 17 Comments
Five hundred million breaths,
All it takes to see eighty years…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 17, 2022 · 29 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 15, 2022 · 18 Comments
The sky holds a tinctured air,
And melancholy moon glows pale…
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