Erasure (Acrostic)

Erased–blood stains and voices

Roadway washed clean by rain

Anger and outrage quelled

Silenced by media’s waning interest

Under the ground in which he’s buried roots still grow

Racism–spreading like crabgrass

Eviscerating the people of justice.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Heavy is My Heart (Tanka)

Heavy is my heart
My childhood memories
Flood into my nights
I’m worried I will forget
As my dreams, with passing time
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~