At this joyous time of the year
Venerated throughout these many centuries,
Are not earthly goods transacted without thought to the season,
Raising questions of greed and desire?
Is this not the poignant warning
Charles Dickens ghosts so eloquently foretold?
Evil lives in the seven deadly sins.
.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Oh!, envious obsession,
One of seven deadly sins,
Lust for another’s possessions,
Breeds avarice and contempt,
All to what end?
A life of misery,
Constant sadness and dissatisfaction,
Hate, an unquenchable longing,
Reprehensible to a life so succinct,
Cherish the gifts bestowed,
Rejoice in nature,
The heavens,
In family,
For nothing is of greater import,
Earthly possessions are but temporary,
Absconded or lost in passing,
Leaving a desirous heart,
Empty and alone in what lies,
In the hereafter.
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 