In Search Of Answers – A Tanka

In search of answers

Man’s spiritual quest for truth

Leads to the unknown

Is there Heaven or Hell

Or are we the creators

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

The Answer

Staring heavenward

Praying for profound answers

I was the answer

They were in me all along

Had I taken time to look

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Cast Out These Demons

Cast out these demons

That torture my wretched soul

Like the bane of Job

Carrying on by faith

Though physically tormented

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Am I strong enough

A question I’ve often asked

Getting no response

I fear that I’ve been given

Much more than this man can bear

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Destined to struggle

Though I know I’m not alone

This holds no comfort

As I wander through this world

Defending against evil

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The mortal evil

That plagues all men from within

Instilled at their birth

Threatening to damn our souls

To the immortal hellfire

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Trapped

Trapped,

Caught between the here and the hereafter,

Struggling for balance,

One that never comes,

Placating beings unseen,

In hopes of eternity,

Uncertain of belief or disbelief,

Wanting to live for today,

Distressed over what’s after tomorrow,

Something out of grasp,

Held back, but from what,

Myth, legend, some grand fairy tale,

Trapped between faith and science,

Trapped until I reach tomorrow.

 

~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~