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  • I Sat To Pray

    June 22, 2016

    I sat to pray

    And screams of hate

    Shattered the peace.

    I question what I believe!

    How can I prescribe to something

    That judges…most un-Christlike,

    The heart and soul of another;

    Claiming to know the mind of God

    And to speak with certain authority

    On His behalf.

    How hypocritical this seems!

    Christ did not judge the beggar,

    Nor the Samaritan;

    He loved them both

    And that was his lesson.

    Sadly, you seem to have been deaf,

    For you judge, most cruelly

    Those that do not fit your view.

    You proclaim to the Heavens your Christianity,

    But clearly have forgotten the words of Christ

    Written so plainly in Mark 12:31:

    “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

    There is none other commandment greater than these.”

    Surely you must be filled with self-loathing,

    For treating another soul with such contempt

    Defies God’s most precious command.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Aging Fingers Grasp At The Past

    June 21, 2016

    Aging fingers grasp at the past

    While winds of change buffet them at every turn.

    Quiescence is unnatural,

    Steamrolling those that refuse to align.

     

    Each generation flavors their water,

    Drinking from the fountain of their creation;

    Shaping the new world in the vision of the time.

     

    Neither we nor our Constitution were meant to be stagnant,

    Fluidity is what protects us, what progresses us.

    We must put aside our antiquated notions of the past,

    For as society evolves, we too are obliged to evolve,

    Lest we die as a nation and as a people.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Sweetest Is The Song

    June 21, 2016

    Sweetest is the song

    Plucked by the strings of the heart

    A ballad of love

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Blood Is On Their Hands

    June 20, 2016

    Blood is on their hands,

    Again choosing to do nothing

    In the wake of death.

    Guns serve as the golden calf

    Glorified by these heathens.

     

    They’ve whored themselves out,

    Bought by the highest bidder,

    John…the N.R.A.

    Instead of the people’s work

    They’ve sold us out for money.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Nighttime Closing In

    June 17, 2016

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    Nighttime closing in

    Finally peace and quiet

    Mind and body sleep

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Palest Of Blue Skies

    June 17, 2016

    Palest of blue skies

    Streaked with a whisper of white,

    Sun blistering every surface.

     

    Mountains scorched naked

    Contrast with heaven

    While blow dryer hot winds

    Offer little relief.

     

    Uninhabitable would this land be

    Were it not for man’s interference,

    Damming up the rivers

    Turning arid earth to green.

     

    Glorified by hollywood westerns

    But in reality, this must have been like Hell.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Day To Remember

    June 17, 2016

    Day to remember

    Like so many seen lately…

    Anniversary.

    Nine murders in Charleston

    Changed nothing in this country.

     

    What has to happen

    To stir the minds of Congress,

    Perhaps a revolt…

    One that cannot be ignored

    Regardless of the money!

     

    People have value,

    Trumping the death peddlers

    Who profit in blood.

    Now another forty nine

    The next anniversary.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Seedling Rears Its Head

    June 16, 2016

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    Seedling rears its head

    Excited for the day’s sun

    Just like a child

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Savage Is Mankind

    June 16, 2016

    Savage is mankind

    Seeing only difference

    Color, religion

    Anything to condone hate

    In our feeble human minds

     

    Time has not changed us

    We are still just as savage

    As our ancestors

    Dressed in our finest clothing

    We’re simply fooling ourselves

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Second Amendment

    June 15, 2016

    Second amendment

    Times do change and so must we

    Guns aren’t the answer

    ~

    How many more have to die

    Before we show some control

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

    Before I get any angry comments I’d like to make it clear that I am not anti-gun ownership.  I do however, believe that assault style weapons are unnecessary for the average citizen to own for personal protection or otherwise.  We continue to make excuses that banning assault weapons wouldn’t have changed anything and so our leaders have chosen to do nothing and as a result nothing has changed.  We continue to see an increase in mass shootings and an ever greater amount of death with the murders weapon of choice…the assault weapon.  When will one more death be too many?

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