Tag Archives: love

Pitfalls – A Tanka

So many pitfalls…

Worry ceases not with age

No matter our hope

In times of pain and struggle

If not us who protects them

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

What Does Not Kill Us – A Tanka

What does not kill us

Makes us stronger so they say

The heart disagrees

Love makes us suffer to grow

Before we are freed

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Storms Rage – A Tanka

Storms rage with fury

Devastating destruction

Tearing limb-from-limb

Pain not invoked by nature

But by a tormented soul

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

See You, Feel You

I see you–sights of you everywhere I go,

Awake, asleep, eyes closed or open.

I feel you in every moment of every day,

When I’m alone or in a crowd.

You my love are so ingrained in me,

Individuals–yes, but we are one.

We share a history and travel into one future,

Plotting course through this life.

Joys and sorrows, trials and tribulations,

All have made us who we are,

Made us stronger through adversity.

These are not to be regretted, but cherished,

Part of living the life we have been given.

Not one moment would I change,

Would I give back exchanging it for another.

We are who we are my love,

No more from this life could I ask.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Best Friend

A look, a pant, a gentle nudge,

Awake, excited to start the day.

It takes no more than a subtle budge,

To coax them on to run and play.

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From birth to passing their childlike heart,

Endears them to the soul of man.

Its been this way from the very start,

Proud and loving at our side they stand.

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Loyal ‘til their final day,

They’ll leave us not until our end.

Ne’re a doubt at our feet they’ll stay,

A heartfelt thanks to man’s best friend.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Miles Apart

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 ~~

Agony Of Love – A Tanka

Agony of love

A hearts beat torn asunder

Ripped from breathing chest

Leaving it hollow and cold

Emptied of any passion

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Love’s Dance – A Tanka

Breath– your lips on mine

Warm and moist against my skin

Every nerve dancing

Calling ecstasy by name

In our love’s coital dance

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Sentimentality And Longing

Sentimentality and longing–drowning

In a sea of what was.

Knowing that one can never go back

To childhood,

To before grandma died,

Before the loss of grandpa,

Before any of the idiotic decisions we make

During the folly of our youth and beyond.

The impossibility of this is obvious;

Time only marches forward,

Steady and resolute in its determination.

Leaving us, if we choose to stay,

in the dust and cobwebs of our past.

One must ask, “To what end?”

To be passed…

By opportunities for love,

The love of family,

All the good that life has to offer.

A life of misery,

A life of hoping for what was,

What can never be,

This is the fate of so many.

Living in sorrow, void of hope,

Void of happiness,

Drowning–in sentimentality and longing.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Waiting – A Tanka

I grow old waiting

Knowing you will never come

Wasting my short time

Logic tells me to move on

But hope keeps me locked in place

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~