Musings of an Aspiring Author and Poet

I Chase After My Shadow

October 21, 2013

Poetry

I chase after my shadow in hopes of pouncing

Its direction changing with each passing hour

In pursuit of the reddest of red balls bouncing

As red as reddest rose the tenderest flower

To what purpose I know you’re most surely asking

How foolish this boy I know it seems

Dreams of tag and dodgeball basking

Ear-to-ear my smile brightly gleams

A child at heart I choose to savor

Otherwise old and boring I’d be

Easily at home with juvenile behavior

Young in my mind and heart you can see

How simple it is a boy and his ball

A game for one or many to play

Toss up and catch or bounce off the wall

It doesn’t really matter, it’s fun either way

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Jem Farmer – The Boi Poet Monday ‘s Masterpiece 21 October Prompt

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11 responses to “I Chase After My Shadow”

RoSy

October 21, 2013

Stay young at heart :)

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  October 21, 2013
  
  I try, it drives my wife crazy sometimes, but oh well, that’s me. :)
  
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  1. RoSy
    
    October 21, 2013
    
    LOL – I bet she loves it though too.
  2. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    October 22, 2013
    
    Sometimes and then sometimes I just driver her crazy. :)
Eric Alagan

October 21, 2013

Chasing shadows – harbinger of life – remain young, more fun chasing balls

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  October 21, 2013
  
  Absolutely, I think you have to have fun at every age, that’s what keeps you young at heart. Life’s too short not to have fun.
  
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Lucid Gypsy

October 21, 2013

Long may you stay in touch with your inner child!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  October 22, 2013
  
  I certainly hope so, its too fun not to act childish sometimes. :)
  
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Jem Farmer – Boi Poet

October 29, 2013

I love where you have taken this one Dom, beautifully done. A boy and his ball – oh those the days before computers invaded everything

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  October 29, 2013
  
  Thank you Jem, I was so much simpler before all of this technology, but I guess we won’t be seeing any less of it anytime soon. This was a fun one to write, thank you for the prompt I really enjoy writing from them.
  
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pics

May 14, 2014

I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great.
I don’t know who you are but certainly you’re going to a famous blogger if you aren’t already ;)
Cheers!

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