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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 ~~
O’ Precious Neighbor – A Tanka
O’ precious neighbor
Though we live worlds apart
We are of one soul
One mind and of one body
Our stories end the same way
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~~ Dominic DiFrancesco ~~
Temptation
I have taken hold of my senses and emotions,
Both temporal and natural, or so I thought.
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One, however refuses to submit,
Fails to retreat in the face of iron will.
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This one will continue to elude me
I fear, until my dying day.
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My nemesis, temptation, smells weakness
Drawing out the impetuosity of my youth.
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It taunts me with promises of wealth and joy,
Promises of gratification and self-aggrandizing,
Promises of love and power and strength.
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Incorrigible are these in their sloth and betrayal;
Resistance proves futile in the face of this demon,
This evil that has been plaguing man since time began.
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I fear I will continue in this mortal struggle
Until I breathe my last breath
Or conquer this most human of addictions,
Temptation.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Farewell Knights Templar
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The blood curdling scream from the dungeon below,
Made John pray to God for the hangman’s gallows.
This soldier of God stripped of vestments so pure,
Now nameless and faceless a test he was sure.
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I’ve done what was asked by king, country and Pope
In exchange for a promise to Heaven elope.
If I fall in battle to those savages in the east,
To sling, bow and arrow or some other horrid beast.
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Instead I’m betrayed by the kinsman I protect;
By cowards and fools those insignificant specks.,
Hiding behind crown whilst I lay on this rack,
Fingers and toes broke while they flail on my back.
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These charges of heresy are baseless and false,
I’ll deny to my death, to my last beating pulse.
Phillip IV King of motherland France,
Cooked up this scheme devious to embolden his stance.
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Our riches and land to be his at all costs,
No matter the lives of the Templar that are lost.
Castle and fortress captured by the crown,
Confiscated before Pope Clement could resound.
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This murderous thief will be judged before God,
Without royal finements, naked and unshod.
Surely he’ll be banished to Hades for his crimes,
Whilst I’ll be looking down on his torment for all times.
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Justice will be served though draw and quarter is my fate,
I long for the Lord at Saint Peter’s pearly gate.
For the righteous will receive promised Heaven’s just due,
Whilst river of fire awaits souls of evil to be threw.
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Soon my dear comrades in paradise I will join,
Those of you who’ve gone before by the heathen on the coin.
We’ll reap our sweet vengeance on this coward of the throne,
He’ll burn in Hell, consumed by fire, for eternity alone.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Creativity – A Tanka
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Creativity
Trying to break through this void
Where words elude me
She has left my side before
Returning in her own time
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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 ~~
Walk In The Sun – A Tanka
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A walk in the sun
Natures call to blossom
Shoots and buds answer
Birds return from winters rest
A beautiful renewal
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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