Stress and strife, what toll does it take on loved ones?
A marriage of absence does nothing but harm,
Your own progeny know you not in their lives
For selfish advance.
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Busyness has supplanted all else in life
Causing scars and pain invisible to you.
When its too late, only then will your eyes open,
Loved ones will be gone.
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Time is not something that is a luxury.
It travels fast and is gone before we know.
What a shame is your misplaced focus in life
Polluted by zeal.
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May you find happiness on this chosen path,
One you are traveling in solitary,
Blind to the sorrow of those that love you most,
Busyness your mate.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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We Drink Because We’re Poets – Monday Poetry Prompt #20 – Sapphic Verse – Word: Busyness
Dom DiFrancesco 
Wonderful message in this poem… very nice Dom :-)
Thank you very much Roxi. :)
So true… even soccer moms and extreme couponers could take a note from this. Even bloggers….hmmm.
I suppose that is true as well, although as far as blogging goes, yes I do it often, but not to the detriment of the family. I always have time for them with everything else taking a backseat. We all are busy, but must keep things in perspective. You do make a good point though, thanks for the comment my friend. :)
I didn’t mean you. I was referring to someone else in particular. :)
Oh no, that wasn’t my intention at all, I didn’t take it that way. I just thought you made a really good point with you comment. I just think you can still put you heart into something you love and not sacrifice the relationship you the family. Its all about balance. :)
Agree completely.
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