Posted by Brad Osborne on March 6, 2021 · 18 Comments
What is he doing up there,
Rascal with the brownish hair…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 3, 2021 · 12 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 25, 2021 · 14 Comments
Your pudgy little cherub face,
All smiles as you draw your bow…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2021 · 17 Comments
One more breath to breathe in,
After every breath exhaled
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 22, 2021 · 20 Comments
For what you say, will fade away,
And what is left, is just what’s done…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2021 · 22 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 February 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
Who,
Who else,
Who else will,
If not yourself…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 1, 2021 · 23 Comments
Raindrops unwind down palm leaves,
Washing little dreams to ground…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 30, 2021 · 10 Comments
Oh, how fragile,
A house of glass,
From sea to shining sea…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 28, 2021 · 14 Comments
Five hundred million breaths,
All it takes to see eighty years…
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