What’s My Lineage (Tanka)

What’s my lineage

Whose blood courses through my veins

It’s not important

In the end I am human

And that is all that matters

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Synergy Of Souls (Tanka)

Synergy of souls

Joined in spiritual quest

For life after death

Since the beginning of time

We have been seeking Heaven

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

To Feel The Soil

To feel the soil

Rich and warm between fingers

Man planting his seed

Nurturing healthy body

With the fruits of his labor

For millennia

This was mans way to survive

Living off the land

We’ve lost our time tested path

Through the chaos–modern life

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Breathing Heavily (Haiku)

Breathing heavily

Heartbeat rapid–heart attack

The symptoms of love


~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Two-By-Two Were Saved (Tanka)

Two-by-two were saved

To repopulate the earth

Then man got involved

Driving them to extinction

Does his greed have no boundaries

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Show Me Man’s Kindness (Tanka)

Show me man’s kindness

Show me man’s humanity

In spite of himself

I’m not sure it’s possible

With the evil he commits

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Dear Son (Haiku)

Dear son–a man now

I must learn to let you go

~~ You have seen so much

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

 

Fundamental Good (Tanka)

Fundamental good

At the heart of religion

Bastardized by man

For their selfish purposes

All to denigrate others

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Is Love What We Think (Tanka)

Is love what we think

An emotion of the heart

Or is it a flaw

A flaw of human nature

Opening us to sorrow

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Monsters And Demons – A Tanka

Monsters and demons

Hide inside each one of us

Life of denial

Scared to face our deepest selves

Afraid of what we might see

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~