I give you my heart
Each beat saying I love you
In angelic tones
You hear them in me like song
With your ear pressed to my chest
Words would surely fail
They are but man’s invention
I–their apprentice
Unworthy to speak the heart
So the heart speaks for itself
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Glass so delicate easily breaks
Throwing, dropping–it matters not
A million shards will be its fate
Not unlike the tender heart
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When handled coarsely it slowly bleeds
Crimson tears that may never heal
A gentle touch is what it needs
Embraced by passionate lovers feel
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Absent the heart will surely shred
Perhaps forever left in ruin
All hope for love is left for dead
What remains of the heart are strewn
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That which is fragile must be treated with care or damage permanent may be done
For the passion of lovers is something they share on their journey to meld into one
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Tears are emotion
Not defined by our gender
They are just human
There is no shame in crying
Unless you withhold the rain
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Blast of arctic cold
Chilling me ‘til blood runs thick
Rattling my bones
Like the loss of love’s passion
Breaking the innocent heart
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
So much tragedy in words withheld
Than to words we are beholden.
Silence cuts deeper than forest trees felled
To those held more precious and golden.
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We wait for tomorrow as if plenty of time
Assuming the other must know.
What lies in our hearts, our feelings sublime
Saying one day that surely we’ll show.
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Until such a time that love grows apart
Blinded by such a surprise.
Mending of passion, where do we start
With tears welling up in our eyes.
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Speak your true mind and follow hearts lead,
Ne’er to be lead astray if it’s guidance you heed.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Are we not called to greatness
As our primal spirit demands
Promised to all but the faithless
The future is in our hands
Before our eyes destiny unfolds
As beckoned by our will
In our minds and hearts and souls
Its progress won’t be stilled
So if we journey deep within
To the place where essence lives
Returning to where creation begins
Finding peace the universe gives
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Time doth heal all wounds
So the unenlightened claim
Scars are permanent
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Love’s storm crashes
Upon the rocky shore of my heart.
Teasing blood and soul
Into tumultuous sea.
Catching each drop in the riptide;
Dragging it under,
Caressing it with tender arms,
Diluting the pain
Until two become fused.
One heart and one soul;
Fluid as the raging storm
That is our love.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Oh the lies we tell
To deceive our reflection
But fooling no one
The mirror–superficial
Cannot reveal the true soul
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~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~
Sweetness fills the air;
Scent of lilac and jasmine
Infused in my soul.
Like the tenderest embrace
You and I have become one.
Is this not true love,
The truest love known to man;
Eternally bound,
Two star-crossed lovers
Hearts beating in unison?
I say that it is!
Our bond cannot be broken,
Deaths grip holds no sway,
Matters of the heart survive
Beyond this mortal world
And into the next.
Our passions destiny,
Impenetrable;
Is our armor and our strength,
Warding off those who chastise.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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