I think…I’m thinking
Ne’er ceasing, ever changing
Like tides ebb and flow
Under natures influence
Yet free to carve my own course
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Tag Archives: tanka
Spent – A Tanka
Spent, my heart racing
Pounding to the souls rhythm
Mute before love pure
You, the muse granting me breath
For without I would perish
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Traveled Far And Wide – A Tanka
Traveled far and wide
Never having left the house
Imagination
Running wild through the pages
Each chapter an adventure
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Every Thought Of You – A Tanka
Every thought of you
Conjures up the memories
I’ve tried to suppress
Spilling out my weaknesses
Leaving me spent and hollow
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Steel Bars – A Tanka
Steel bars of prison
No match for my jailer’s wrath
Sentence self-imposed
Cruelty and deprivation
Are the penalties for sin
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Pulsing – A Tanka
Blood flows erratic
Pulsing strain against my veins
Testing my hearts beat
Love or lust it matters not
When bathed in raw emotion
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Enough – A Tanka
Somber do I feel
Weeping for the worlds pains
As if mine alone
In our culture of excess
Is there not enough for all
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Convoluted Love – A Tanka
Convoluted love
A labyrinth of emotions
Wrenching at the heart
Leaving you vulnerable
And easily dismembered
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Blur of Sleep – A Tanka
Blur of sleep filled night
To rain filled sky-fall departs
How peaceful it is
This natural ensembles
Mesmerizing metronome
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Imbalance – A Tanka
Shadows overhead
Cast my soul into darkness
Threatening to drown
Though I know this is not me
Imbalance marks me victim
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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