Tag Archives: living

The Circle

The circle,

Crimson hooded,

Black robed wickens of sorts.

Dancing around the dead,

Salivating in anticipation,

A feast of flesh and bones.

No ill will did they harbor,

Nor wish for victims demise;

Fate granted them favor.

Not at Satan’s command,

This is their nature.

Despised by the living

As a filthy wretched horde,

Outcasts of nature

Though their purpose is divine.

They are mocked and ridiculed,

Loathed and feared,

Still they offer back to the earth

What the earth has taken.

The vulture’s cry–

A lonesome song.

Treated as lepers of the sky,

Precious are they…

In the natural chain.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

This Road

This road,

Long,

Winding,

Uncharted,

Devoid of footsteps.

I am a trailblazer,

Adventurer,

Explorer,

Magellan.

I am a father,

Husband,

Friend,

Lover.

I am a fighter,

A force of nature,

Brutal in defense of those I love,

Unrelenting.

I am kind,

Generous,

Sympathetic,

Compassionate.

I am living,

Doing the best I can,

Grateful for all I have,

Hopeful for all that I want,

This is the life journey I must walk alone.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Looking to Others (Tanka)

Looking to others
Many go seeking their joy
Never finding it
Because it was never lost
It was in them all along
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

The Blink of an Eye

The blink of an eye

Ones life in the scheme of things

Its here and then gone

Wasted due to our own fears

Until we end in regret

This should never be

We were all born to create

Everything we dream

The only shame–not living

Just because we are afraid

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and sisters
Born of flesh, bone and spirit
Are we not the same
Like those that came before us
We will return to the earth
Leaving our struggle
For what comes after this dance
To those that follow
…The never ending cycle
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Winters Chill Fast Approaching

Winters chill fast approaching,

Trees barren of supple leaves

Stand cold and hard–unfeeling.

Still my heart beats–

Pulsing warm and full of life;

Though invisible to the naked eye

Like the tree…I live,

Waiting to usher forth that which I hold close.

My passions roil inside begging release,

But this runs contrary to my grain.

Struggling as that of the springtime bud

To escape from their dormancy.

Perhaps this cocoon is of my own making,

Protecting me from imagined fears.

I push…push with all my might

Against my ivy covered shell

Long shuttered to keep the frost at bay;

Exposure to the cold starkness of life too much to bear.

This is not what it is to live

Instead it is simply existing,

Void of true joy, void of heartfelt bliss

I will hibernate no longer.

This will be my spring, my season of renewal,

Buds of my inner self will burst forth

Freeing me of my self-imposed bondage,

Allowing me to thrive

In the sunlight of the everlasting day.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

I Lie

I lie…

Down with myself in the darkness

Unable to decipher the meaning of my life.

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I lie…

To myself just as I always have,

Pretending to be something I am not.

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I lie…

To others by hiding behind a mask and a smile,

Showing them what they want to see not who I am.

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I lie…

Everytime I deny my dreams their breath

Leaving them to choke in the pool of my mind.

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Is stifling our hopes and dreams truly living,

Making the unsatisfying our lifes work?

Were we not born to rise to our own vision of greatness

Not for financial gain alone, but for our God given passions sake?

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I lie…

But I am trying to bury my fears,

Trying to live the dreams that I was born to realize.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Lives Are Intertwined (Haiku)

Lives are intertwined

Each shaping our world drama

Though we may ne’er meet

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Magellan (Tanka)

Call me Magellan

My sextant guides my voyage

Into the unknown

Like so many before me

The thrill is in the journey

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Give Love (Sonnet/Anaphora)

Give love so love remains

Give from the heart with every beat

Give from the soul until it sings love’s refrains

Give until you feel passions heat

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Live like today shall be your last

Live with gusto until hopes are fulfilled

Live until wildest dreams have surpassed

Live until the time that your heart has been stilled

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Sing your song with most joyous of voice

Sing with the gladness from heaven above

Sing with the song God gave by his choice

Sing all your days with kindness and love

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Cherish every moment for the gifts that they bring

For they pass by as quickly as an eagle on his wing

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~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~