Pain and suffering, black verse white
Another reason to divide us
No one is immune, young or old the death toll rises
Denial won’t make it go away
Eventually, it will strike home
Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends everyone knows someone
Ignorance is not bliss
Crises are real as the mass graves reveal.
~~ Dominic DiFrancesco ~~
Ego reared it’s ugly head
Needing a way to feed
Demanding sustenance in blood.
Gone is thoughtful consideration
At the hands of incompetence.
Maybe lawful consensus before launch would have
Esured our moral justification…what now?
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Wasted on the young
I know because I was them once
Stubborn, invincible, I would live forever
Death seemed so far off
On the far side of halfway I want to share my lessons
Maybe this time someone will listen, then again why should this time be different
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Injustice lives on
Made evident by our courts
Poverty and racism feed its hunger
Until blood is spilled to satisfy
Nothing changes, civil rights are a myth
Insinuated to please the skeptics
Then in one fell swoop
Yet another innocent dies with no justice served
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Rage seething under the surface
Eating away at our collective souls
Vitriol has been lodged against us
Only further stoking our resolve
Lost is our trust in the institutions
Undoing the work of the founders
Til only one response seems clear
Insurrection
Outright revolt against the tyrants
Neutering the petulant bunch
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Reviled in the public’s eye
Acknowledged in back alleys and darkened rooms
Color, race and creed are offered up as fodder
In this election year repulsiveness has reared its head
Staining our image in the eyes of the world
Maybe this was the ugly secret we needed to keep hidden
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Superiority screams arrogance
And angers those who feel slighted,
Nothing will inspire an enemy more.
Clearly we do not learn from history.
The Roman Empire fell,
Ignorance was their downfall.
More and more I see this in us.
Obviously we’ll blame it on human nature,
Never looking back at past mistakes.
It is our way…someone else is always at fault.
Offering an olive branch is seen as weakness,
Undermining our moral standing.
Surely I had hoped we were smarter than this.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Giving from the heart
Reaping rewards, enriching my soul
All for the benefit of others
This is what I strive to fulfill
Even though I am fatally flawed
Finally I realize my purpose
Understanding what it means to love
Lest I become what I most despise
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Comradery of souls
Offered without pretense;
More could not be asked for
Making the cause all the more special.
Unity of purpose unites
Nailing hearts and minds to a common cross,
Instilling strength to carry on the fight.
Though hardship and hatred will try to stifle,
Yearning for understanding and equality can never be silenced.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Subtle rays of sun awake
Earthly living things.
Rising up as day does break
Easing out of dreams.
Now the song the dove must sing
Announces the new morn.
Donned in heaven’s golden ring
Ever thankful to be born.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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