To conform is to lie to yourself,
To suck the joy out of this finite life.
It was never meant to be locked in a cage,
It was never meant to be stuffed in a box
Shrouded behind impenetrable walls
That blot out the sun and what lay beyond.
That is not living, it is merely subsisting.
Yet this is what our fears, our parents, our cultures preach,
Conform or you will be treated as an outcast.
Well then…perhaps an outcast is what I long to be.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Bhagavad Gita
Cherished in Hinduism
Brahman and Atman
Calling for selfless action
It has inspired millions
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
I do not fear death
For this life is illusion
Cosmic theater
Of which I’m a thespian
On my way to my next show
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
We are one world
Though we seek ways to divide
Is peace so painful
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Clouds layered thick, dark
Framing nature’s ragged face
She weeps for the sun
They are but star-crossed lovers
Counting down to reunion
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Winding river, you are full of stones
Each covered in the blood of hatred.
Claiming to do as God commanded
You are false interpreters of the Word,
Stoning humanity into submission.
Under the guise of love you preach–
Conversion or death your message.
Yet in Heaven your Gods are the same,
Your aggressions on earth intertwined;
Surely there is enough blame for all.
Look! Your Holy texts are riddled with violence,
Deaths of men, women and children– so graphic;
Still you have the gall to point fingers at another!
You hypocrite, you heathen, you betray yourselves!
Each of you should be stoned for your digressions
You perpetrators of hate and death.
None of you are without human frailties,
None of you can claim to be speaking for Almighty God
For that–would be blasphemy,
Yet still you proclaim to know what is in God’s Heart!
Put an end this senseless bloodshed,
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”,
And nary a stone will ever be cast again.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
One thing leads to another
Blinding our own needs.
Lingering wants and desires go unfulfilled.
Instead we tend to the needs of others,
Giving unselfishly of ourselves;
Agony and ecstasy its progeny.
These are our burdens,
Ignoring them is impossible.
Our sacred duty demands…
Never to shirk your responsibilities.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Overnight rain falls
Tap-dancing on the tile roof
Classic Fred Astaire
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Driven wild by love
That time only enhances
Addictive like drugs
I don’t want to be rehabbed
Let me die as a junkie
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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Meditation–peace
Exploring the hidden self
That lives within me
Something I had never known
But glad I finally found
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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