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A Fools Infatuation

I hoped you’d see me for who I am,

Kind, tender, loving,

Not the image in a funhouse mirror.

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Twisted, distorted,

Too tall and thin, too short and fat,

Maybe a little different.

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Dredging up the courage,

Heart feeling ready to burst,

Dry throated I swallowed.

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Struggling to make a sound,

I offered my heart,

You laughed.

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Crushed, eyes welling with tears,

Head in hands to hide the shame,

Soulless succubus.

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Confidence torn to shreds,

Heart eviscerated, raised to the scorching sun,

It withered.

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What a fool I was,

To be so presumptuous,

That you could ever love me.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Mother and Child – Haiku

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Image Credit: wakeup-world.com

Love for a child

Forged from true steel in the womb

Unbreakable bond

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Shame of Intolerance

Drama perseveres,
We remain shackled and chained to our past,
Bound to ideals thought long ago buried.
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Under the same sky we are born and die,
Returned back to the earth caste-less.
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Equality seems a distant dream.
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We feign to have grown,
Only to rebound to our stunted ways,
Taking aim at the latest victim.
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Shouldn’t we be color blind to the flesh by now,
Incomprehensible is it to have to legislate,
Over and over and over.
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These delusions are not the end,
Fear mongering has become both sport and folly,
Substituting understanding for hostility and ignorance,
Attempting to rally the naive.
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Those that hide behind their faith,
Calling evil, those beliefs that differ,
Claiming superiority,
Believe the propaganda.
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We think we have progressed,
Advanced beyond infantile characterizations,
But we have not, we have digressed ,
Becoming more intolerant.
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Residents of the rainbow are criticized and shamed,
As if their orientation was free will,
Demoralizing them as abominations before God.
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Shallow and nescient is your moral constitution,
When will those of conscience rise up,
Ushering in diversity and equality.
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Freeing those marginalized by a witless society,
To live full and fulfilling lives.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Invisible

This passionate heart,

Buried deep within, beating in rhythm with your every breath,

Yet I cannot find the right words to tell you so.

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Tongue tied by emotions in wont of regurgitation,

Swallowed back due to my own apprehension,

These burning embers sour in the pit of my stomach.

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I glance your way in hopes of recognition

Momentary contact from your crystalline blue eyes gives me hope

Until I realize you are looking through me.

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I am veiled from your sight,

The background in the play that is your life,

Dressing to complete your pretty picture.

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What must I do to lead in your panoply,

All that I am I would gladly bestow upon you,

Without hesitation or precondition.

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If only I was endowed with the fortitude,

But I am not and never have been,

Instead my timidity consumes me.

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Breathless I am left to watch you from the sidelines,

Only dreaming of what might have been,

Wishing that fate had shined a loving light upon us.

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But it was not to be,

As destiny has dictated the climax of this cruel tango,

Leaving one of us to be the wallflower.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Passion Cools – Haiku

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Credit – digitalcameraworld.com

Molten love cast out

Into an icy blue sea

Hardens over time

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Heartbreak – Haiku

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Image credit – fanpop.com

Torment me no more

Your deceit has bled me dry

Heart torn asunder

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Lost Love – Haiku

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Credit – glamquotes.com

Love lost to neglect

Cast upon a foreign sea

Drowning in anguish

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

A Passionate Embrace

Sweethearts converge in a passionate dance,

Lovers embrace, eyes locked in a trance.

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Gliding on a silk and satin tidalwave,

To the other their hearts each selflessly gave.

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Souls intertwined in a romantic song,

Soaked in the potion of their love for so long.

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Their rhythm flows with each beat of their hearts,

Breaths come more rapid as ecstasy starts.

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Invisible to the world, it’s existence fades,

Consumed with each other their bodies obey.

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Observers may say their infatuation can’t last,

Their hearts disagree as pulses flutter fast.

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A state of euphoria envelops and besets,

Neither lover capable to resist or regret.

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A sensual moment shared between two symbiotic lives,

Stokes a fire eternal as their yearning grows and thrives.

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Those shy of passion these feeling could not know,

Concerning matters of affection they dare never go.

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Where love is involved it grows hot and grows quick,

Feeding the flame is the eternal trick.

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For romance to last the heat of passion must run deep,

Cherish and be devoted to the others heart you keep.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

A Random Act

An outstretched hand offered to the fallen

A kind word spoken to those in distress

A shoulder to cry on for those in mourning

Offered to comfort the wounded among us

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A gentle hug to let them know you care

A tender kiss to show your affection

A stroke of the hair letting them know you are by their side

Given without condition from the goodness of a gentle heart

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A pat on the back to show appreciation

A wide knowing smile to brighten their day

A look into their eyes to acknowledge their existence

Lifting the spirits of those who suffer themselves forgotten

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All things that daily we ought to make offer

Random acts of kindness shown to our fellow man

Still in our humanness we forget these little things

Simple acts that serve to enrich our karma

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Instead we neglect our neighbors out of hand

Evading eye contact

Dismissing their difficulties

Oblivious to their losses

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Is it because we are too engaged

Or is it that we just don’t care

How sad this is

Living life absorbed in our own self-interests

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Wrapped in a box of our own making

A cocoon made from our own selfishness

Useless but as a tomb when it is our time

Unloved, unappreciated, unnoticed, will you pass on alone

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Kindness – Haiku

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Image credit – mindbodygreen.com

Kindness shown others

Returns in greater numbers

Enriching the soul

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~