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An Elegant Lady

1930 Duesenberg J

1930 Duesenberg J

A deep burgundy blush has come over you

An elegant lady

Your curves exquisite in their grace

Stunning in their proportion

Your eyes clear and bright as crystals

Framed in silver and gold as all jewels should be

With lines as fine as any found in Hollywood

You could grace the silver screen

And be outshone by none

Clothed in the softest of skins

Gloved in the finest of leathers

A true beauty polished and refined

Aristocratic in every way, prim and proper

Sad that your fame was so short lived

Still visions of your loveliness shine on occasion

Sparkling like a ruby

Capturing admirers at every turn

Lady Duesenberg your dignity is extraordinary

A rare breed born of a different time

And a shining example to the mediocrity of today

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

New Dawn – Haiku

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Credit – pbase.com

The sky glows orange

Signaling the end of day

A new beginning

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Bleary Eyed

Bleary eyed,

Bloodshot from too little sleep,

I glare with intent into a cup of black coffee.

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A shimmering pool of obsidian,

Strong, deep and steaming,

Aroma bitter, bordering on unpleasant.

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A look in the mirror bares a distasteful reality,

I look old, I feel old,

Much older than my years.

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Bags under the eyes black and purple,

Fifteen rounds of life,

Beating the senses until they are bruised.

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Tired beyond belief,

I should not be,

Is not an hour of uninterrupted sleep enough?

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Medication seems my only respite,

No dreams, at least none bound to my weary memory,

Just sleep, black, uneventful sleep.

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Tomorrow I will wake,

Groggy from the self-induced coma,

A useless splash of cold water to prod arousal.

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Another cup of bad coffee,

Strong, black and bitter,

Maybe today I should just stay in bed.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Paper Lantern – Haiku

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Credit – dnr.state.oh.us

A paper lantern

Glowing softly in summer

Lovely firefly

~~ D. R. DIFrancesco ~~

Life in Time

Time, is it something we are given or something we keep?

We can not hold it,

We can not prolong it no matter how hard we try.

So many have tried and failed.

Kings in the belief they were gods,

Destined to live forever,

Believing they were divinely chosen,

But to no avail life slipped away from them.

The sands of time drizzled from between their gold adorned fingers,

Leaving their hearts empty and their hands cold,

This is as it always has been and always will be.

Our science can only sustain the life left in us,

When we are called to pass no method of man can save us.

Should we not then cherish the hours we spend in this world,

Accepting them as a gift to be received gratefully?

Nothing on this earth is forever.

We cannot keep time,

It was not given to us to be kept.

It was given instead to be enjoyed,

Lived to the fullest in harmony with our fellow transients.

Who like us will run out of the gift of time, some day, some hour,

Only to join our ancestors in eternity.

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Spring Dream – Haiku

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Credit – en.wikipedia.org

Winter doldrums live

As we watch through our windows

Awaiting first buds

~~ 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 ~~

The Optimist

Who we are right now,

Will become a shadow,

A flashback to who we are.

We evolve by the second,

We can change who we are in an instant,

Becoming someone reinvented,

Exhibiting new talents,

Changing how we represent ourselves,

Born anew.

The person we had always dreamed we’d be,

All by our thoughts and efforts.

We are who we want to be because we will it,

Making demands on ourselves and our circumstances.

We force the people and things surrounding us to change,

Or we change the people and things around us.

Either way we are reborn.

The person we were yesterday is no more,

Say hello to the contemporary you.

 

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~

Demon Alcohol – Haiku

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Credit – gopaultech.com

Burying the pain

Alcohol numbs the senses

Leaving us hollow

~~ 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 ~~