We look for problems
In things we don’t understand,
Then try to solve them.
Irrational fears drive us
To discriminate by law
Or and religion.
This won’t make them go away,
They’ve always been here,
But we’ve been too blind to see.
Maybe love is the answer.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Quoting chapter and verse from god knows what imaginary Bible, you condemned the innocent to eternal damnation through the screeching of your megaphone. Still under the banner of the rainbow they marched defiantly with smiles on their faces and love in their hearts for you and all in attendance.
Could it be that this is more virtuous in the eyes of Christ than the hate that spews from your blasphemous mouth. Maybe next time you should take the time to read your precious New Testament and ask yourself…
What would Jesus do?
Gives you food for thought now doesn’t it?
~~ 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 ~~
Criminalizing
Through state-sanctioned prejudice
“Gay” is not a crime
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A nation in regression
Will be ravaged from within
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Life, liberty and
The pursuit of happiness
Words that we hold dear
Except in Rowan County
Where you must be straight as well
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Love between adults
Confirmed by the Supreme Court
Can you say “I do”
Equality is granted
As it always should have been
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Times they are a changin,
An older guard struggles for relevance.
They long for the days of Reagan,
June Cleaver and Leave it to Beaver,
White picket fences and segregated neighborhoods,
Gays in the closet and women in the kitchen,
Marriage between one man one woman,
But O’ the times they are a changin.
Their anger turns extreme
Because their “perfect” little world is slipping away.
Reagan is gone,
But his policies live on that helped destroy this country,
Picket fences are in shambles after the housing collapse,
Racism is on your front page and you don’t like it,
The Cleavers and Leave it to Beaver
Are relegated to late night reruns…
Nobody buys this crap anymore,
Gays are our neighbors, they’re on TV, the radio, in politics…
The closet has been cleaned out,
Couches and fast food have left our kitchens cold and empty,
While John and Tom and Sue and Jane can say “I do” without shame.
So fight if you will, fight if you must, but…
O’ these times are a changin!
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Labels separate
Segregation of masses
For the unknowing
Republican, democrat,
Gay, straight, rich, poor, black or white
This life and body
Are but temporary things
Gone in an instant
What is left behind
Spirit and spirit alone
Each one is the same
Void of race, creed and color
Void of all man’s influence
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Our tide, in great waves rolls out,
Back to a dark and murky ocean.
So long we have struggled to crawl from the slime
To a place of light and enlightenment in this New World.
Holding up the Statue of Liberty as a sign of hope,
As a sign of our lust for freedom and equality,
We are showered in a torrent of our own hypocrisy.
There are brothers and sisters among us
That still struggle for whole-hearted inclusion.
Cast to the fringes they are ostracized and criticized
For their God-instilled proclivities.
As men, who are we to be judge and jury of our peers,
This was not ordained upon us by the Creator!
Time and again we wander this rocky treacherous road
Seeking to impose man’s prejudices upon men.
Would Christ whom you hold so dear have been this cold,
Tossing his brethren out into the desert?
You dredge up this muck with arrogance under the guise of freedom
Plotting all the time to shackle others for your cause.
Put yourself in your adversaries shoes,
Do they not feel worn out and ragged?
Early in this twenty first century I was optimistic,
Hopeful that common sense and compassion would prevail,
But now I am left disgusted and embarrassed.
Is this what America has devolved into,
A nation of oppression, prejudice and inequality
Based on twisted interpretations of God?
A travesty we have become…indeed!
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Words escape,
Seeming pale and miniscule.
What to say would never be enough–
I’m sorry, immediately comes to mind.
Gone before your time,
How different might things have been
Or maybe nothing would have changed at all.
Narrow-mindedness and prejudice
Cannot be cured with words or pills.
Sadly your dream has still not been realized.
There are those that claim your struggle to be ancient history,
That you are equal, that you got everything you wanted.
This bile comes from the mouths of fools.
Why should any of this have been necessary,
In the eyes of God were you not always equal?
Why should you have had to be given anything,
Were not your rights endowed by the Lord God?
Only man–in his need to subjugate
Would be so arrogant as to play the Almighty!
This day of remembrance has not opened the eyes of many,
They find it a frivolous and inconvenient interruption.
Capitalism goes on with nary a missed step,
As profits never take a holiday,
How sad and disrespectful this is.
Dearest Dr. King, I am so terribly sorry.
There are no excuses for the tragedy of your death.
There are no excuses for the racism and ignorance that persists.
There are no excuses for your unfulfilled dream.
Thank God your words still resonate,
Thank God your message is still oft repeated,
For one day maybe the scourge that exists amongst us will die,
Turning your dream of so long ago
Into the reality that it was always destined to be.
God Bless You Dr. Martin Luther King
And with profound sadness,
I wish you a Happy Birthday.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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