Inspiration found
Within every living thing
Nature’s perfection
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Category Archives: Poetry
Calloused Heart (Sonnet)
Calloused heart, fear not my advances please,
Harm, no harm shalt ever I impart.
Wouldst I have journeyed o’er these seven seas,
Courting thee in earnest right from the start.
My solemn promise to thee I offer, lest I die,
Taking thy hand within mine.
A chance I do ask that you givest love a try,
Lest I return to the seas and her watery brine.
Thou hast been injured, I knowest this for sure,
Sympathies assuredly do I give.
Purest of love doth I prescribe as the cure,
I swearest for as long as I live.
Never shalt this heart ever part they fragile side, this I do promise to thee.
Affection do I pledge and swearth not to hide, devoted to thee for eternity.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Gather Up Your Dreams (Tanka)
Gather up your dreams
Clutch them tightly to your breast
Never letting go
Believe they will manifest…
This becomes reality
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Will The Killing End
Will the killing end
The cycle of violence
Answered with the same
When has retribution quelled
Never–it’s provocation
Igniting more death
Until reasons are foggy
And senses immune
It becomes the way of life
Cold, hard and desensitized
~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The River Calls Me (Haiku)
The river calls me
Beckoning me to follow
Sacred adventure
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Torture Inhuman (Tanka)
Torture inhuman
Perpetuating killing
Revenge not so sweet
Justify it as you wish
It only breeds more hatred
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Lighted Trees, Presents (Senryu)
Lighted trees, presents
Meaning lost on the season
Materialism
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Whisper In My Ear
Whisper in my ear
My fears and doubts thou comfort
Tis all I long for
Trepidation doth consume
But thou art my loving cure
O’ these many years
Without words we have embraced
Through passionate glance
Giving solace when needed
Tis nothing I wouldst not do
Thou art my heaven
Thy savior in times of angst
Lover eternal
This covenant I maketh
To loveth thee for ever
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Fluttering Open (Tanka)
Fluttering open
Struggling to clear the haze
Another morning
What will this new day behold
Everything as intended
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
What Color is Blood
What color is blood?
Red as crimson to the dullest eye.
When stripped of skin,
What is left but muscle, sinew, bone
Held together by a thin designer suit.
At birth we enter the world the same way.
At death we return the earth each the same.
Why is it that we vandalize each other
Throwing names, bullets and missiles,
Destroying our sacred selves?
More alike than different is the human animal,
Though ego prefers to separate.
Look beyond the skin in all its wondrous glory,
Reach for the soul deep within
Dismissing the prejudice of our senses.
Honor our sameness in peace and love
Remembering the wisdom of the sanskrit greeting
…Namaste’.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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