Tag Archives: romance

I Beg Of Heaven – A Villanelle

I beg of heaven for light of day

For night fills dreams of you with fear

On bended knee in tears I pray

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What can I do, what dare I say

To break this darkness with love and cheer

I beg of heaven for light of day

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This deep despair I keep at bay

In hopes you’ll return my cherished dear

On bended knee in tears I pray

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I never would your heart betray

My passion felt I have made so clear

I beg of heaven for light of day

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Were I to change would then you stay

Anything I’d do to mend heartbreak severe

On bended knee in tears I pray

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To you, I promise to never stray

Your honor I’ll guard and never besmear

I beg of heaven for light of day

On bended knee in tears I pray

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

** I thought I would give a new style a try.  The Villanelle is in the form of A1 B A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2.  It is very structured, but was interesting to write.  I would appreciate any feedback you may wish to provide.  Thanks.

I Think Of You

I think of you…

When I’m alone

In a crowded theater

Just before I close my eyes

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I see you…

In the face of every stranger

Standing beside me in the mirror

Lying next to me while I sleep

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I feel you…

When we are apart

When I caress a picture you

In my most restful dreams

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Know I love you…

‘Til my dying day

With every fibre of my being

With every breath I take

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Simple things to express the depth of my love

Never ebbing, heartfelt and passionate

Engrained into my soul

My soulmate, my lover, my friend

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Passion Unspoken – A Tanka

Passion unspoken

Gentle touch…a kiss

With soft moans assent

Intertwined and euphoric

Two hearts inseverable

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Song For You

Songs sung– Sung to you

I sing to you– Songs of truth

You– I hold so dear

Never were my eyes so clear

Comfort me and all my fears

Love grows– As years pass

Subtle, soft and sweet it lasts

This– I know as true

This I knew as passion grew

Love will outlast time

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Icy Froth

Icy froth crashes over unshod feet,

Numbing and cramping as they slowly sink into sea-washed sand,

Pant legs soaked with limitless brine.

The gale whips up waves dressed in white one after another,

Chilling me to the bone with cold excitement,

Breath and spirit become one with the undulation.

Sting of salt spray does not deter as I spy the fractured horizon,

Dreaming of serving on the distant freighter

Rising and falling with the swells on it’s way to exotic ports.

What better life is there than to work shoulder-to-shoulder with your brethren

Under sun and on sea,

Conjoined with the natural forces overhead and underfoot.

Were it not for you my love– this destiny I would have fulfilled,

But alas…it was not to be,

For I love you more than the sand, the sun and the sea.

So here I stand,

Looking out on what might have been,

Joyful for what is

And content with what will be.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Speckled With The Blood Of Lies

Speckled with the blood of lies,

Blindly consumed by your feigned sincerity.

You said you loved me,

Sealing it with a tender kiss,

Only to pierce my lip with your fangs.

The trickle,

Wet and metallic,

Oxidizing on my tongue

Nauseates me to the core.

Sickening,

Sweet,

Irony,

Descriptively you.

Pledging passion and fidelity

Then pillaging my love,

Disemboweling my trust,

Leaving a heartbroken corpse.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Your Love Calls My Name – A Tanka

Your love calls my name

Soft and sweet like babies breath

All wrong dissipates

Euphoria takes over

Filled with the essence of you

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

My Heart Cries For You

My heart cries for you

Helplessly twisted in knots

But what can I do

Comfort is all I can give

While you are curled in grief

Wiping tears away

Embracing you as lover

And as dearest friend

You are my reason to live

My love and my everything

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Together So Long – A Tanka

Together so long

We speak volumes with silence

Our thoughts meld as one

What a strange phenomenon

This marriage of two mimes

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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 ~~