Scavenge as you must
Pick up the shattered pieces
Your heart’s on the mend
Yes, it will remain fragile
But love’s glue will slowly heal
.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Category Archives: Poetry
Money is Power (Senryu)
Money is power
Survival of the fittest
And we aren’t worthy
.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Flowers Erupt
Flowers erupt from ancient granite
Butterflies float effortlessly as if on a cloud
Hummingbirds drink of sweet sweet nectar
Caring not if of hand or nature’s bloom
How odd in this hellish landscape
The thriving and blossoming of such beauty
Living harmonious amongst rattler and scorpion
Such contradictions, these unlikely bedfellows
Each with their own Divine purpose
Who are we to question this perfection
Perhaps this is the model for man to live by
A lesson that has been before us for eternity
But we were too blind or too arrogant to see
.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Passionate Courtship (Haiku)
Passionate courtship
Two songbirds blinded by love
Windowsill tango
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Uninspired (Acrostic)
Untold millions suffer
Necrotizing their own souls
Ideas dissolving in mediocrity
Nothing but blood and tears to show
Sometimes one needs to step back
Permitting the mind to recline
Igniting new found passion
Regret not the blankness of pages
Endure their profound emptiness
Divine inspiration is on its way
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The Greatest Wisdom (Tanka)
The greatest wisdom
Is not found in our speaking
But in our silence
Listen to your inner voice
And you may just learn the truth
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Coptic Christians Killed (Tanka)
Coptic Christians killed
No God would sanction murder
In his Holy name
Call them just what they are…thugs
Taking Allah’s Name in vain
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Perfection In Pain (Senryu)
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Perfection in pain
Part of this life of learning
Unavoidable
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The Number Thirteen
The number thirteen,
Coincidence or karma
Falling on Friday.
Inspiration for slashers
Needing to wear hockey masks.
Then wouldn’t you know
Valentine’s Day would follow.
Now that’s frightening!
What if I got the wrong gift?
She could kill me in my sleep.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The Spark Extinguished
The spark extinguished,
There is no kindling to reignite the flame.
Light as air, the ash is blown to the four winds
Until nary a trace can be found.
What proof is there that it ever really existed
That it belonged to this dimension.
Attempts to congeal fail
As the miniscule journey ever farther afield.
Their mark on this world, nil in the eyes of many,
Insignificant and unimportant,
This would be wrongly assumed.
We would not know this place without them,
So intertwined is all matter
That without the most minute speck
Life would be forever altered from this reality.
There is nothing insignificant or unimportant,
From the lowly ash and graceful dragonfly
To the mighty elephant and the whole of mankind,
Everything visible and invisible is the perfect creation…
Under Heaven.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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