Dom DiFrancesco

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Answers

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Answers–sought after for a lifetime,

Ebbing and flowing,

Never concrete.

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Arms outstretched,

We reach…reaching…

Still always just out of our grasp.

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Ignorant, we think our quest has ended,

Circumstances change,

What once was gospel dissipates.

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We think ourselves wise,

But mere fools are we,

Not knowing that we know nothing.

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Time has proven our innocent arrogance,

Dumbfounded,

We lumber on.

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Still this is not new to mankind,

As antiquity portends,

Locked in this eternal struggle.

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In our end we may finally realize,

We are not so unlike those that came before,

Seeking, yet failing to understand what this all means.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Comments

7 responses to “Answers”

  1. WB Avatar
    WB

    Terrific poem

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    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar
      Dom DiFrancesco

      Thanks WB.

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  2. words4jp Avatar
    words4jp

    we always try to know everything – but in the end – we realize we know not much at all:) Of course, there are those people in the world who “know everything there is to know” – uh oh – i may be onto another one of my headache poems:)

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    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar
      Dom DiFrancesco

      Go for it! Go for that headache poem, you know it’s just waiting to come out. :)

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      1. words4jp Avatar
        words4jp

        I know;) but may be I do not know……

  3. Heartafire Avatar
    Heartafire

    wonderful tanka, I have one I am going to post. They are challenging , fine job here.

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    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar
      Dom DiFrancesco

      I just read it and loved it. I really enjoy writing this form. :)

      Reply

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