Given any choice
It would be no choice at all
You would be the one
Though we are separated
My heart chooses only you
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~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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Happiness Abounds (Tanka)
Happiness abounds
In communion with loved ones
One can achieve peace
Is this not what’s important
Above all things of this earth
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
A Thing of the Past
A thing of the past
We have become ungrateful
Feigning excitement
Mesmerized by Black Friday
And all of its false idols
Its meaning replaced
By glossy ads–hypnotic
And sworn good fortune
Thanksgiving–gone to the heap
With Christmas soon to follow
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Raised to Live in Fear
Raised to live in fear.
Plagued with being fallible
Before loving God.
Should I live in mortal doubt
Afraid of retribution?
I prefer to thrive;
Not in guilt, but blissful joy
Trusting God’s wisdom.
Ashamed of my sins–perhaps,
Though faithful in spirits grace.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Rusted
Rusted–tired as an aging nail
Pitted and weak on the brink of fail
Facade held up against weathers rage
Protecting from rain, wind and hail
.
Years they’ve beat and worn it down
‘Til colors fade from white to brown
Chipped and peeling under elements abuse
No longer fitting in societies town
.
A misfit amongst establishments fine
Red badge it wears as a sign
What once it was it is no longer
Spoiled and soured with passing time
.
Forgotten to history out of sight
Grandeur lost to economies plight
Its majesty tarnished attic bound
Fading like the sun into the night
.
Rebuilding the old into the new
It happens only to the chosen few
The rest are left to crumble to dust
Like southward migration away they flew
.
Forgotten like elders cherished past
Now left alone to live their last
In sterile homes cold and dark
The time they have left goes by so fast
.
All traces gone they are no more
For the final time we bolt the door
What once was loved is left to rot
Upon this worlds killing floor
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
I Lie
I lie…
Down with myself in the darkness
Unable to decipher the meaning of my life.
~
I lie…
To myself just as I always have,
Pretending to be something I am not.
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I lie…
To others by hiding behind a mask and a smile,
Showing them what they want to see not who I am.
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I lie…
Everytime I deny my dreams their breath
Leaving them to choke in the pool of my mind.
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Is stifling our hopes and dreams truly living,
Making the unsatisfying our lifes work?
Were we not born to rise to our own vision of greatness
Not for financial gain alone, but for our God given passions sake?
~
I lie…
But I am trying to bury my fears,
Trying to live the dreams that I was born to realize.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
You’re Invincible
You’re invicible
Just as we all were in youth
Not so uncommon
Then reality sets in
And you realize you’re mortal
…Welcome to the real world
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Lives Are Intertwined (Haiku)
Lives are intertwined
Each shaping our world drama
Though we may ne’er meet
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Magellan (Tanka)
Call me Magellan
My sextant guides my voyage
Into the unknown
Like so many before me
The thrill is in the journey
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Mother Earth
Drawn to Mother Earth
And all her healing powers
The secrets she holds
Locked in beautiful crystals
As old as the earth itself
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Forged of elements
White, black, green, red, yellow, blue
Creations marvel
What mysteries must they hold
In this spiritual world
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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