Nightmares, perhaps a chemical imbalance
Edge me ever closer to the precipice.
Granted, I have had a favorable life;
Adorned with friends, family and children,
Time, health, home, finances have been kind.
In spite of all this, happiness eludes me.
Venom spews from my lips quite freely
Instigated by a darkness living deep within.
This I must tame if I am to find lasting peace
Yet I question daily, my ability to do so.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Seldom do dreams my sleeptime invade
Lost in darkness through deepest night
Ever praying that this nothingness fades
Endearing my soul to the brightness of day
Perhaps true reality is when blackness pervades
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Ignorance under a religious guise
Soiling the good name of those who follow God in peace
Inciting fear and bloodshed amongst your brothers
So you can selfishly reap the benefits of this world
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Nowhere and Everywhere,
All things and No-thing,
Master and Servant–God,
Acknowledging the Divine in you
Satisfies my soul
Teaching me to love others
Even more than myself.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Purveyors of hate
Attempt to intimidate those of unlike minds–
Turning to violence and angry rhetoric to force their points-of-view.
Reality eludes them as they long for their diluted utopia.
I do not despise my country nor my brothers,
Only those despots among us that desire to bastardize it in their image.
They and they alone are treasonous,
Ignorant and insidious,
Corrupting all that is good in the name of the flag.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Fish out of water we are;
Acting courageously in the face of the unknown.
The mother bonds throughout the nine months,
Her instincts ingrained at birth.
Even though we put on the bravest of faces,
Reality and confusion set in…welcome to fatherhood.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dying on a beach named Omaha
Determined to win no matter the cost
All for the restoration of Europe’s freedom
Yellow ribbons do not do them justice
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Slowly–we are drowning
Under the weight of our own pomposity
Foolishly choking our humanity with laws
Failing to realize our divinity
Overcompensating
Could we not, would we not, if…
Allowed to live as we were designed
Think for ourselves
Ending domination by the oligarchy
Determining our own intention
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Many a trip to distant shores
Seen from deck and crows nest high
I pray my return home to Aliveri
Its port, my village, my final trip
Still far from home the wind did blow
Gale ripping sails from masthead and spar
Fierce storm did brew this wretched foe
Fear contagious proving fatally toxic
Men jumping ship as we list and creak
Hull split and torn, I choke on frigid brine
I bid you farewell with great sorrow–I’m dead
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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Poetry Prompt #6 Reverse Acrostic – We Drink Because We’re Poets – Prompt Word: Shipwreck
Let not the heart turn to stone
Or chill through selfish desire
Virulent is what it lost
When smothering the fire
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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