What’s our future hold
My only hope is for peace
Peace for our children
Look into their guiltless eyes
How could you pull the trigger
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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Ignorance Is Bliss (Tanka)
Ignorance is bliss
Perhaps we should live that way
In our own world
A better place it would be
Blind to violence and war
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
To Have Lost At Love (Tanka)
To have lost at love
A horrible thing indeed
Never to have loved
Is a gift truly wasted
That can never be retrieved
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Wouldst Thou Love Me Were I A Peasant (Sonnet)
Wouldst thou love me were I a peasant,
Owning little but what hangs upon my back.
I thinkest thou would not find this so pleasant,
Discarding me for all of this world that I lack.
Wouldst thou speaketh to me were I a leper,
Or ignore me whilst turning a blind eye.
I thinkest thou would prefer me fettered,
In shackles where none could see me cry.
Wouldst thou hold me if I were a poor wretch dying,
Alone and filthy on thy city thoroughfare.
I thinkest thou would leaveth me bloody and lying,
‘Til the ravens come to taketh their share.
Is compassion so hard for thee to perceive, casting feeling aside with nary a care.
Giveth from the heart and thou shalt conceive, a life full of blessing worthy to share.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
It Comes Not In A Jar
It comes not in a jar,
Can not be boxed, placed in a sack.
There is no recipe,
No cookbook, no formula to concoct.
There is no raffle,
No lottery, no auction to crave.
It’s no magic potion,
No spell, no wand you can wave.
Very often there’s pain
It slashes, it slices right down to the bone.
Frequently it’s blind,
It’s crippled, it’s stunted as others have shone.
But more often than not it results in true bliss,
It’s passion, it’s love that is tops on the list.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
We Must Give To Get (Tanka)
We must give to get
Give nothing and life is empty
An eternal truth
Give without expectation
And life will be abundant
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The Tenderest Touch (Tanka)
The tenderest touch
Kissed by the first rays of dawn
Your skin against mine
Wrapped in Egyptian cotton
Cool in the rapture
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Greatest Friends Were We
Greatest friends were we
Long before we were lovers
Our bond has been strong
No more could I have ever asked
My companion, my beloved
Spoken from the heart–
Never have I loved you more
Than I do this day
Twenty five years espoused
Once two, we’ve lived long as one
One heart and one soul
Through time, traveling this path
Winding and rocky
We comfort each others pain
‘Til we taste our final kiss
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Feel Anothers Pain
Feel anothers pain
Before you too harshly judge
Called being human
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Perhaps I’m Poisoned (Tanka)
Perhaps I’m poisoned
Believing that man is good
In spite of himself
If only ego would sleep
We might be able to love
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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