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Equal is equal
Only when convenient
Discrimination
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Equal is Equal – A Haiku
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How Long Does Love Last
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How long does love last?
A question asked for eons,
Yet answers elude.
Wouldn’t it be best to ask,
How committed is your heart
To keep love alive?
For pondering loves demise
Will most certainly doom it to fail.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
A Gentle Caress – A Tanka
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A gentle caress
Awakens me from slumber
Like an angels touch
Sent down from Heaven above
To salvage this tortured soul
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Of Marriage Equality
This incessant fighting,
Selective equality,
Blatant discrimination,
Is this what America is about?
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Answer!, Those of you waving the constitution in our faces!
You cannot pick and choose when to hold it in high esteem,
You cannot pick and choose when and what to disregard.
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You say marriage equality is evil,
You say you are defending the children,
It will destroy conventional marriage,
Destroy the family.
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Nay I say!
The demise of the two parent family occurred long ago,
Half consumed by the flames of divorce.
I ask you, is not love of greater importance?
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Gay my friends, is not a disease,
It is not contagious,
It is not some choice made on a whim,
It is not a choice at all, but determined at birth.
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You heathens hide behind your religion,
You hide behind the robes of your God
So that you can carry on your campaign of bigotry feeling justified,
Distorting the word you so deeply cherish
To the detriment of your fellow man.
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Oh, but how funny it is!
How opinions change when they enter your life,
When they are your sons and daughters,
When they are your friends or next of kin.
Suddenly the world seems so much clearer
And that which you have taken exception to seems to disappear.
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Raise your voices dear friends!
Stand with your brothers and sisters,
Stand with your sons and daughters,
Stand with those having little voice.
We must be one if we are to be a great nation,
United…Equal…and Free!
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
For Generations To Follow
How subtle the wind blows through my hair,
Like the gentle caress of a lover’s fingers.
I close my eyes, breathing deeply to draw in my ladies scent,
Warmth rushes my face as her sun shines down upon me,
Is there any sensation more wonderful to the soul.
Sparrows melodic song taunts my feet to tapping,
Keeping time, as though the conductor of natures choir.
Swooping with grace and tenacity I spy the redtail hawk as it startles it’s prey,
Continuing a circle of life that long predates me,
Beautiful yet disturbing in it’s raw aggression,
I remain undeterred by my love and admiration.
The river before me rages rapid over falls and boulder,
Sparkling like the queen she is at her coronation,
Teaming with sockeye driven by their spawn,
As I by the serenity of the wonders around me.
Is not the hand of God most perfect in the wielding of his tools,
Neither man nor science could compare.
I lay down in prayer and praise,
To honor and preserve this masterpiece called earth,
For the generations that surely will follow me.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
This Love, My Love I Have Procured
This love, my love I have procured
With this cadence thumping in my breast.
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You have shadowed my sensibilities
Keeping step with tango’s passion.
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Nothing more could I inquire of you
Than that which you have deliberately given me.
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Fulfilled beyond words that you are mine and I yours,
Comrades and lovers in this roughshod world.
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So rare in this realm of disparate souls;
Failures of the heart abound in every corner,
Tear-drenched souls void of our gift,
How sad their discomfort.
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Neither crisis nor passing shall sever our bond;
Joined in Heaven we are destiny,
Our destiny, my destiny, your destiny,
For all these many years into eternity.
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You are and have forever been
My love,
My friend,
My everything.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
An Interminable Succession
Trapped in an interminable succession,
Love, hate,
Happiness, sadness,
Joy, anger
Tolerant, intolerant,
Fear, confidence,
Belief, disbelief.
This cyclone of existence, bleeds me from the inside,
Every ounce of energy expended to maintain equilibrium.
Ups, downs,
Highs, lows,
Gravitating my emotions in tumultuous ways,
Exhausting my spirit to the soul’s core.
I am left a molten mass,
Raw nerves exposed to open air,
Sensitive to every sensation,
Yet helpless to defend.
I guess I really am human after all.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Free At Last
Can you feel the beat of my heart
As you once did?
Flesh…
Blood coursing through my veins.
Though strong, not superhuman.
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I bleed the souls of my fathers when cut,
Shed rivers of tears when broken,
Succumb to infirmities with hastening age,
Scar, ugly and jagged in healing,
Die a mortal death when called by the Creator.
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You and I, conjoined in our humanness,
Why do you treat me otherwise?
The lash of your venom has left permanent tears.
Can you not refrain?
These are not badges of honor I wear, but disgrace,
On display to this cynical, forsaken world.
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Treated as a carnival sideshow…no longer!
I am not a marionette bequeathed for amusement,
And you are not my puppet-master.
With sickle these ties shall be no more;
Dignity awaits me just beyond this stage.
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As I reach for the exit door,
Claws dig into my flesh in one final bid,
But I am resolute in my determination;
Pulling free of your hideous grasp,
Free of control, free of your loathing,
Liberated from bondage.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Suffer the Consequences – A Tanka
With a tender touch
I tried to quiet your tears
You pushed me away
This was of my own doing
Now it is me who suffers
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Faithful To The End – A Tanka
Walk alone with me
On these streets I’ve paved with gold
Take my outstretched hand
Offered as a sign of love
And a bond never broken
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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