Random Events

Torrential storm of random events

Beyond control your mood doth set

Thrusting outward in time repents

A heart in sorrow, forgiveness gets

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I know not why I shelter inside

Negativity of others inside my mind

Or what I create I cannot hide

Instead of release ‘til death do bind

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Should not happiness instill us all

Casting out that beyond control

Living in joy postpone bearer’s pall

Before its too late to corpse console

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Random events are as they say

No path nor end hath fate defined

Life as we make and live this day

Should not be treated as a grind

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Up to us all, our inner smile

Nourish and nurture to heart’s desire

Striving to best our every trial

Patiently dousing our temper’s fire

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Easier said, more difficult to do

In this life we live on lease

Being as one with nature wrings true

Thriving and resting in peace

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Blur of Sleep – A Tanka

Blur of sleep filled night

To rain filled sky-fall departs

How peaceful it is

This natural ensembles

Mesmerizing metronome

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Imbalance – A Tanka

Shadows overhead

Cast my soul into darkness

Threatening to drown

Though I know this is not me

Imbalance marks me victim

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~~  Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Tears For Me – A Tanka

Sky-born droplets stream

Through riverbeds of life

Soaking to the skin

Looking towards heaven above

Awestruck…are these tears for me

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Blistering Cobbles – A Haiku

Blistering cobbles

Setting fire to foots soul

On this road to Hell

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Fortress Strong

Sealed up tight in fortress strong

Awaiting horrors start unknown

For eons this a battle long

Beauty in tragedy time has shown

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Landscapes ravaged, void and burned

Brown and black the palette chosen

Man controls, but has not learned

In Mother’s power, his frailty exposing

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Yet in the wake of this terrible scourge

A million lives behind armor are born

Without so much as a prod or an urge

This called home on land war torn

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A tiny life out of ashes protrude

This progeny will not struggle alone

Natures mysteries through pain they exude

In beauty birthed of the lowly pine cone

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     ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

God’s Symphony – A Tanka

Clouds gather around

Distant sound of thunder calls

Inviting the rain

A dance chaperoned by nature

Waltzing to God’s symphony

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Life’s Drama

As drama unfolds

Hiding insecurity

I am wondering

Why do I question myself

When I should just be happy

This tears at my soul

Leaving a hole I can’t fill

Even though I try

Can this be considered fair

In the grand scheme of my life

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

The Spirits Journey – A Tanka

This journey followed

One created for myself

Existed within me

Born before my date of birth

In the universal mind

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Rising From Despair – A Tanka

Rising from despair

To find solace in living

As part of this world

Vital as air and water

The creator of my fate

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~