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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In this time of tragedy, it does my heart good,
To see peoples so diverse as allies.
Evil’s terror brings unity, just as it should,
With “Je suis Charlie” their defiant battle cry.
How must it have felt staring fate in the face
When our wrath brought their final curtain call.
Surely their God, will not bring them to grace
Instead down to Hell they must fall.
What God could condone their horrible acts,
Murdering innocents over Charlie’s cartoon.
Under guise of offense, an excuse for attacks,
Their cause becomes fodder for lampoon.
So pray on this day and stand steadfast as one, for us all they cannot defeat.
To live by the gun is to die by the gun, let us hope this will never repeat.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
I thought these pictures were a great sign of solidarity for the people of France taken by a very talented photographer so I thought I would share them.
Sunlight’s refraction
Hostage to frosty prism
An icy rainbow
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
‘Round we go again
Reminiscent of Crusades
This old game of chess
What’s going to be our next move
In this match that ends in draw
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
In search of dinner
Flying amongst the street lights
Mexican Free-tail Bats hunt
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Sit still and quiet
Breathe in its luscious silence
Feel it embrace you
Tell me, what does it whisper
Without so much as a word.
Perhaps love is it,
Love for yourself and others.
What you always knew.
Stifled by chaotic noise–
It has finally been freed.
Let it swaddle you!
Do not keep it trapped inside.
It is meant to give;
Not with great expectations,
But with the purest of hearts.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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