Winding River, You Are Full Of Stones

Winding river, you are full of stones

Each covered in the blood of hatred.

Claiming to do as God commanded

You are false interpreters of the Word,

Stoning humanity into submission.

Under the guise of love you preach–

Conversion or death your message.

Yet in Heaven your Gods are the same,

Your aggressions on earth intertwined;

Surely there is enough blame for all.

Look! Your Holy texts are riddled with violence,

Deaths of men, women and children– so graphic;

Still you have the gall to point fingers at another!

You hypocrite, you heathen, you betray yourselves!

Each of you should be stoned for your digressions

You perpetrators of hate and death.

None of you are without human frailties,

None of you can claim to be speaking for Almighty God

For that–would be blasphemy,

Yet still you proclaim to know what is in God’s Heart!

Put an end this senseless bloodshed,

“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”,

And nary a stone will ever be cast again.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Obligation (Acrostic)

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 (Haiku)

Overnight rain falls
Tap-dancing on the tile roof
Classic Fred Astaire

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Driven Wild By Love (Tanka)

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 ~~

 

Meditation–Peace (Tanka)

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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 ~~

 

In This Time Of Tragedy, It Does My Heart Good (Sonnet)

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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 ~~

 

LONDON GRAFFITI: “JE SUIS CHARLIE”

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.

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Sunlight’s Refraction (Haiku)

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Sunlight’s refraction

Hostage to frosty prism

An icy rainbow

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

‘Round We Go Again (Tanka)

‘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 (Haiku)

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In search of dinner

Flying amongst the street lights

Mexican Free-tail Bats hunt

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~