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  • I Chase After My Shadow

    October 21, 2013
    Ball Boy by Chris Jones

    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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  • Circle of Love (Tanka)

    October 18, 2013

    Our circle of love
    Forged in a golden token
    Worn on our left hands
    Once held sacred before God
    Is now a Cracker Jack prize
    .
    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Our Real Legacy (Tanka)

    October 17, 2013

    Our real legacy
    Is not shown by our net worth
    But in our children
    In their hearts and minds we live
    Through memories and actions
    ~
    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Love’s Storm

    October 16, 2013

    Love’s storm crashes

    Upon the rocky shore of my heart.

    Teasing blood and soul

    Into tumultuous sea.

    Catching each drop in the riptide;

    Dragging it under,

    Caressing it with tender arms,

    Diluting the pain

    Until two become fused.

    One heart and one soul;

    Fluid as the raging storm

    That is our love.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Oh The Lies We Tell (Tanka)

    October 16, 2013

    Oh the lies we tell

    To deceive our reflection

    But fooling no one

    The mirror–superficial

    Cannot reveal the true soul

    ~

    ~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~

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  • Sweetness Fills The Air

    October 15, 2013

    Sweetness fills the air;

    Scent of lilac and jasmine

    Infused in my soul.

    Like the tenderest embrace

    You and I have become one.

    Is this not true love,

    The truest love known to man;

    Eternally bound,

    Two star-crossed lovers

    Hearts beating in unison?

    I say that it is!

    Our bond cannot be broken,

    Deaths grip holds no sway,

    Matters of the heart survive

    Beyond this mortal world

    And into the next.

    Our passions destiny,

    Impenetrable;

    Is our armor and our strength,

    Warding off those who chastise.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • I Feel Not So Inspired

    October 15, 2013

    I feel not so inspired these days
    The drudgery of our existence weighs heavy on me
    Our division as a people
    Who in times of crisis would unite
    No longer seem capable of finding common ground
    Certainly those that wish us harm must be in good humor
    How foolish we must look
    Dressed in our Sunday finest
    Preaching…”In God We Trust!”
    But trusting in no one but the self
    I can do nothing to alter the fact
    There is no election to hold
    I can scream but no one can hear
    Those in guilded monuments are deaf but to themselves
    So here I sit with a cup of stale coffee
    Choking down the morrning news
    Chewing my nails to nubs in nervous anticipation
    Only to be swallowed up in disappointment…again
    Where are we going
    I don’t think anyone knows
    Those with the map…they too seem lost
    Lost in their maze of arrogance
    And we are the ones left in the darkness
    •
    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • A Life of Extravagance (Sonnet)

    October 14, 2013

    A life of extravagance looming large;

    From gilded palace to jewelled robe.

    Shepherd of man has failed his charge,

    Faithful bewildered as xenophobe.

    You undermine your Pope a spirit most humble,

    For luxuries beyond the common man.

    While continuing forth to suffer and stumble,

    Creating a gluttons promised land.

    You have lost all sight of your earthly charge,

    Succumbing to frailties supposed immune.

    Enshrined in greed and an ego large,

    Treating your sheep as courtly buffoons.

    Soon before God you will stand for your digression,

    Praying to be spared Hell for your foolish obsession.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • So Much Blood

    October 13, 2013

    So much blood on my hands,

    Dried, old, not my own, but mine none-the-less.

    Brothers and sisters–I have died with you on the battlefield,

    My heart cries with each beat for your lose,

    For the sacrifices made over our centuries.

    Each of your gravestones is etched with my name,

    I am your pallbearer, your namesake, your progeny.

    I place the flowers on your graves,

    Not for your sake alone, but for mine,

    How else could I repay you for your kindness,

    Thanks alone seem so hollow.

    Brothers and sisters–I love you,

    You are in my every thought and prayer,

    Take comfort that you will never be forgotten.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

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  • Cast Into Shadows

    October 12, 2013

    Cast into shadows,

    A scourge on society

    Like lepers banished.

    The downtrodden vilified

    Are treated as a burden.

    Is this not unfair

    Of those in authority

    Trusted to do right?

    By their own self-interest,

    Those that need them most are lost,

    Left to their vices

    Just to dull the endless pain.

    Their cries unanswered

    Fade quietly in the night,

    ‘Til no longer seen or heard.

    ~

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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