Living miles apart,
Acting like casual friends
Instead of siblings.
Visits far too infrequent
And our calls are far too few.
We have grown distant.
Not because of difference,
We are not that kind,
But because our life journey,
Leads us down different roads.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Acts once commonplace
Bravery, human kindness
Are now rarities
To avoid getting involved
We coldly turn a blind eye
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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You can call me friend
Though this is the first we’ve met
I am your brother
Born, living, dying like you
Race, creed, color matters not
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
A simple action
Done out of selfless kindness
Can change the world
Open your hearts to others
And goodness will surely flow
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
My heart cries for you
Helplessly twisted in knots
But what can I do
Comfort is all I can give
While you are curled in grief
Wiping tears away
Embracing you as lover
And as dearest friend
You are my reason to live
My love and my everything
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Hope springs eternal
Just a phrase to so many
Whose hope has faded
Left destitute and alone
Welcome to the new Main Street
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
This love, my love I have procured
With this cadence thumping in my breast.
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You have shadowed my sensibilities
Keeping step with tango’s passion.
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Nothing more could I inquire of you
Than that which you have deliberately given me.
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Fulfilled beyond words that you are mine and I yours,
Comrades and lovers in this roughshod world.
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So rare in this realm of disparate souls;
Failures of the heart abound in every corner,
Tear-drenched souls void of our gift,
How sad their discomfort.
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Neither crisis nor passing shall sever our bond;
Joined in Heaven we are destiny,
Our destiny, my destiny, your destiny,
For all these many years into eternity.
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You are and have forever been
My love,
My friend,
My everything.
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
My dearest of friends
Though our paths have never crossed
Call me your brother
Fall into my outstretched arms
I will be there to catch you
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
As dramas unfold in life,
We seek guidance wherever it may be found,
God, government, friends, family,
Selectively choosing that which we find amiable,
While discarding what is distasteful,
This grants us no benefit,
Except to the feeble mind which construed.
At times we must exhibit courage through self-sacrifice,,
Enduring the consequences of our thoughts and deeds,
In order to reap our just reward,
In this truth, I strive to live my life,
To curb unkind thoughts,
Withhold unhelpful actions,
And consider every man my equal and friend.
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Blasphemous lies spewed
Like daggers thrust, filleting us
Cowardice revealed as your forte’
I knew you not as well as I thought
Your blackened heart splayed
Expelling hatred, thick and vile
Engulfing what once I treasured
Swallowing it whole
With nary a trace to be had
Why? Is the question
For I know not what baited this provocation
Friendship at length counts for naught
Preferring to wrench away
Every miniscule crumb of what bound us
With sorrow I begged explanation
But none was offered
Receiving only silence in response
With sadness I must bid adieu
Wishing you only the best
I harbor no ill will
Hoping one day for reconciliation
Until then my friend
Farewell
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
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