This place I stand now
The pinnacle of my life
Like the beginning
Everyday is a new day
Another chance for rebirth
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Tag Archives: living
Not So Different – A Tanka
Passing the fence line
Cattle and antelope mixed
Sharing grass as kin
Perhaps this is a lesson
Unlike but living in peace
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Greener Grass
This gravel road,
A path oft traveled,
Lane you strode,
As your life unraveled.
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Yon horizon so far distant,
Where a better life must lay,
Hurry on forth right this instant,
For the sun will rise on a brighter day.
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On yonder side the grass must surely be greener,
As the old time saying goes,
This too passes as ones life becomes leaner,
With far too little to show.
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Much too often we chase exaggerated expectations,
When they seem right within our grasp,
‘Til euphoria fades to urgent consternation,
And your prospects they dwindle and lapse.
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Life lessons learned are the hardest its true,
As the scars and bruises do prove,
Out of the rubble and ash will rise a new you,
In spirit and nature behoove.
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We greet you back home as a most beloved son,
For you needed to find your own way,
This is only the beginning of the journey you’ve begun,
Welcome home for as long as you will stay.
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
A Leap Of Faith
A leap of faith,
Whether in love,
Whether in life,
Whether at death,
Waking is to plummet,
Headlong into the unforeseen.
A mystery without end,
Until we breathe our final breath,
Meeting whatever fortune,
We so feverishly wove,
Through thoughts and deeds,
Living absent of tomorrow,
We cannot know,
We cannot want to know,
What fate awaits,
On our final day.
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
No Time for Regret
Peering through the haze of a looking glass,
Scrutinizing the life I watch rush past.
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Questioning choices is easy in hindsight,
Without benefit of knowing what’s wrong or what’s right.
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The consequence of actions whether good or bad,
Must be accepted since thats all that we had.
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Shy of vision to see into the future,
We’re left to chance of nature and nurture.
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Through failure and success our horizons expand,
Experience alone not parlor tricks or slight-of-hand.
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Moulds who we are for better or worse,
In this life that we live that at best is quite terse.
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Life in Time
Time, is it something we are given or something we keep?
We can not hold it,
We can not prolong it no matter how hard we try.
So many have tried and failed.
Kings in the belief they were gods,
Destined to live forever,
Believing they were divinely chosen,
But to no avail life slipped away from them.
The sands of time drizzled from between their gold adorned fingers,
Leaving their hearts empty and their hands cold,
This is as it always has been and always will be.
Our science can only sustain the life left in us,
When we are called to pass no method of man can save us.
Should we not then cherish the hours we spend in this world,
Accepting them as a gift to be received gratefully?
Nothing on this earth is forever.
We cannot keep time,
It was not given to us to be kept.
It was given instead to be enjoyed,
Lived to the fullest in harmony with our fellow transients.
Who like us will run out of the gift of time, some day, some hour,
Only to join our ancestors in eternity.
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Another Years Pass
By D. R. DiFrancesco
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Another page in a life has turned
To look back on what might have been
For hopes and dreams we fought and yearned
Have passed us by sight unseen.
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Resolutions born to steer our path
Put forth with the best and greatest intention
Champagne and music and social laugh
In hopes of better days we’ve mentioned.
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To morph our heart and soul required
Without we waste our solemn vows
A change of course to which we’ve aspired
Time grows shorter when failures allow.
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Renew the mind and the body will follow
Our spirit thrives when visions align
Life will fill and no longer be hollow
When sadness and regrets fade and resign
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Look toward the new year as an offer to grow
In spite of what you’ve let dissuade you
Strength and determination must be what you show
To face those that would trample imagination held true
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Trust your heart and your dreams will flower
No new years pass or resolution will save them
Endowed at birth with the universal power
To design your future while burying failures condemned.
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This strength you’ve had all this life that you’ve lived
Wound and ingrained into your very soul
Have courage to pursue all your passions not passive
For these are the things that make living life whole.
Beneath the Shell
Credit – withthisfavor.com
By D. R. DiFrancesco
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We look upon this world as an oyster
Rough, hard and jagged to the touch
Awash with the dirt and grit of life’s tribulations
It lies burrowed in the muck to hide from conflict
Still we claw and rake in the filth for the treasure it holds
Drawing it out from the safety of it’s dingy home
It’s shell is not easily unlocked
Clamped down tightly to protect itself from pain
Reluctantly the shell is pried open
Gradually and over time we are revealed
In a flood our surroundings rush in
Exposing virgin skin to the unfamiliar
Joy and excitement replace reluctance
What wonder is found in discovering your dreams
For beneath the newly uncovered flesh
Lies the pearl you have been longing for
Dom DiFrancesco 