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  • Brokenhearted

    January 5, 2013

    When passions fail tears bathe the wounded soul

    Drowning the pain so freely inflicted

    Hurt is temporary by design so be unyielding

    Willing arms are outstretched to comfort you

    You will not be abandoned for I am with you always

    ~~

    No words need spoken

    Your silence speaks the volumes of emotion enveloping you

    My heart is torn and bleeding in your agony

    Tearing at me like shards of shattered glass

    Razor sharp and unrelenting in intensity

    ~~

    Healing seems impossible amongst the ruin of betrayal

    But you must have the courage to trust again

    Take my hands and give me all of your sorrow

    This is what my love and friendship tender

    Without condition or reservation

    ~~

    Know that you are adored by those around you

    Your loss and heartbreak is shared with compassion

    Drawing out that which tortures your spirit

    Leaving you consoled and warm

    Able to experience love again

    ~~ By D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Circle of Fools

    January 4, 2013

    Tightropes walk to the edge of ruin

    Foresight focused on the next coronation

    Selfish air about you floats

    Ignoring the subjects by whom you’re appointed

    ~~

    Millions seek your help after natures disaster

    WIth backs turned and blinders on you drift away

    Crying our duty has been faithfully done

    Shameful and disgraceful are your exploits

    ~~

    You led us to this precipice as arrogant fools will do

    Tug-o-war played with lives of no consequence

    Calls to work go unheeded in deafened halls

    Leaving the masses pondering their fate

    ~~

    Pointing fingers and placing blame like two year olds do

    Holding your breath until your face turns blue

    Shouting foul to the constituency

    Hoping for some semblance of sympathy

    ~~

    Feigning sincerity is not your passion

    Ploys thrown about for the cameras leave us hollow

    Begging for guidance and utopia in a barren wasteland

    Sadly hope falls just out of reach

    ~~

    Choosing to live or eat should not be in question

    As human beings should these not be our unalienable right

    Many of you say no all for the saving of a dollar

    While claiming vociferously that we are a Christian nation

    ~~

    Bloody and battered we hope for change

    Praying diplomacy and common decency once again rears it’s head

    Instead replacing cordiality with dissension

    We are left drowning in a torrent of despair

    ~~

    Harbor not ill will towards those who have entrusted

    Compromise in our eyes is not an unclean word

    Stubbornness and procrastination will lead to certain demise

    Catapulting a once great dominion into irreparable ruin

    ~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Nature’s Beauty – Haiku

    January 2, 2013
    Image credit - firstpeople.us
    Image credit – firstpeople.us

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~

    Light as a feather

    Wind dances through the treetops

    Summoning the Gods

    ~~~~~

    The moon overhead

    Keeps watch over it’s subjects

    While they soundly sleep

    ~~~~~

    Winding rivers flow

    Steadily toward open sea

    Free from all constraint

    ~~~~~

    Mountains majesty

    Big Horns rule the rocky crags

    Where others fear tread

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  • Elder Embrace

    January 2, 2013

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~

    Black hair gone thin and gray

    Creases like dry riverbeds map the landscape

    Winding effortlessly south

    Either due to age or gravity or both

    Dark olive skin, soft tautness lost to the years

    Tired eyes struggle to catch the light of day

    Once clear as crystals now foggy and uncertain

    Reminiscent of the mist that envelops San Diego Bay

    Memories of youthful virility invoked smiles and stories

    Tales etched with vivid language

    Language and reference not correct in todays world

    Friends and acquaintances identified by race, creed and color

    Shocked and amazed erupting in uncomfortable laughter

    A likely product of the prejudice thrown at your feet

    First breath drawn at the turn of the last century

    Born of a race not so easily accepted

    Unkind names and slurs labeling an entire lineage

    Times had changed leaving you behind

    Floundering as if in seizure

    Living in an era that was foreign

    Still there was no shame, no offense or ill intention

    No defense levied for your words and actions

    None was needed, none was desired

    Age and time granted societal clemency

    Few were left who lived the history

    Fewer still survive to remember

    Relegation to the page is approaching with haste

    Embrace them while the opportunity affords

    Cherish the time shared and knowledge imparted

    Passing it down to the generations that follow

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  • Another Years Pass

    January 1, 2013

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~

    Another page in a life has turned

    To look back on what might have been

    For hopes and dreams we fought and yearned

    Have passed us by sight unseen.

    ~~

    Resolutions born to steer our path

    Put forth with the best and greatest intention

    Champagne and music and social laugh

    In hopes of better days we’ve mentioned.

    ~~

    To morph our heart and soul required

    Without we waste our solemn vows

    A change of course to which we’ve aspired

    Time grows shorter when failures allow.

    ~~

    Renew the mind and the body will follow

    Our spirit thrives when visions align

    Life will fill and no longer be hollow

    When sadness and regrets fade and resign

    ~~

    Look toward the new year as an offer to grow

    In spite of what you’ve let dissuade you

    Strength and determination must be what you show

    To face those that would trample imagination held true

    ~~

    Trust your heart and your dreams will flower

    No new years pass or resolution will save them

    Endowed at birth with the universal power

    To design your future while burying failures condemned.

    ~~

    This strength you’ve had all this life that you’ve lived

    Wound and ingrained into your very soul

    Have courage to pursue all your passions not passive

    For these are the things that make living life whole.

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  • Gone Is Gone

    December 28, 2012
    Image credit  - momastery.com
    Image credit – momastery.com

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Wasted away with reckless abandon

    Abused and neglected as though nothing to lose

    Elder years bestow the treasure most deeply cherished

    For in youth we’re blind to the riches worth

    Trusting the vein will flow eternal

    “till tragedy or life doth rear it’s head

    Once lost to gluttony its lost to eternity

    No matter how hard we try to relive

    Regret can destroy through foolishness folly

    As we know not when we be called back home

    Squander not the gift so limited and precious

    Share freely with those you most dearly love

    The value of time cannot be embellished

    For fleeting moments once gone are gone

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  • Committed

    December 28, 2012

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Your tired eyes look skyward

    Begging for comfort without so much as a word

    I reach out to you

    Cradling you in an embrace born of affection

    Expecting nothing in return

    Your head resting on my chest

    Can you feel my heart beat to your touch

    Like a metronome keeping rhythm with your own

    Exchanging words without speaking

    I can hear your sadness and sense your pain

    What can I do to relieve your tortured soul

    Provide for you

    Offer understanding without judgement

    Reassure your lingering doubts

    Hold tightly to your trembling hands

    I will wade with you through the melancholy tide

    You will not be left alone to drown

    I am here to keep you afloat when you cannot swim

    Don’t be afraid my love

    For I will never leave your side

    My commitment is eternal

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  • Beneath the Shell

    December 27, 2012
    Credit - withthisfavor.com
    Credit – withthisfavor.com

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~

    We look upon this world as an oyster

    Rough, hard and jagged to the touch

    Awash with the dirt and grit of life’s tribulations

    It lies burrowed in the muck to hide from conflict

    Still we claw and rake in the filth for the treasure it holds

    Drawing it out from the safety of it’s dingy home

    It’s shell is not easily unlocked

    Clamped down tightly to protect itself from pain

    Reluctantly the shell is pried open

    Gradually and over time we are revealed

    In a flood our surroundings rush in

    Exposing virgin skin to the unfamiliar

    Joy and excitement replace reluctance

    What wonder is found in discovering your dreams

    For beneath the newly uncovered flesh

    Lies the pearl you have been longing for

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  • Dismissing Destiny

    December 26, 2012

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~

    To face the truth

    One must face what they fear most

    What’s uncomfortable builds character

    Strengthens every fiber of their being

    You cannot grow physically or spiritually alone

    Cradled in your convenient cocoon

    To break out and take wing you must fall

    Close your eyes

    Step over the edge into the unknown

    Destiny beckons you forward

    Choosing to live life in a net of safety disappoints

    Conceiving regret as it’s progeny

    This is not living, it is merely existing

    We are meant to do and become what we dream

    No boundaries can contain you

    Was not every great achievement born of an impossible vision

    Laughed upon by those with no imagination

    Dare to persevere

    Do not let those of a narrow mind stifle you

    Your greatness lies on the road just ahead

    In this you can be assured

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    Image Credit – 19mindelevation91..com

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  • A Time to Listen

    December 26, 2012

    By D. R. DiFrancesco

    ~~~~~~~~

    What forms men’s opinions I do not know

    Subtle things most likely I suppose

    Surely it is not formed through confrontation

    Argument only serves to harden in consternation

    Guilty of anger as passion takes hold

    Forcing ideals with a hammer so bold

    Attempts to dissuade in this fashion oft fail

    Portrayed as stolid, hearts and minds travail

    Better left to the facts in a calm voice confirmed

    Than to bully and batter into submitting discern

    Higher virtue it is to listen then speak

    Rather than dismiss out-of-hand without the appraisal they seek

    To differ in perspective is what betters this world

    Reforming what’s weak and hope no insults be hurled

    Strive in debate to accept with a smile

    That which at first painful may become amenable in a while

    This struggle I face with contrary views

    Serves to enlighten and enrich no matter which path I choose

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