My dearest of friends
Though our paths have never crossed
Call me your brother
Fall into my outstretched arms
I will be there to catch you
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Tag Archives: tanka
Ransom My Heart – A Tanka
I gifted my heart
So many years ago now
Like priceless treasure
Cherished and highly prized
Then held for ransom
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Drowning in Life – A Tanka
As the dam breaks wide
I’m caught up in the deluge
Left gasping for air
Sights and sounds swallow me whole
The joys of life and learning
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Devils In The Cocktails
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A blinding rage sparked
When intemperance takes hold
Leaving families scarred
Physical and mental pain
The ones you love made victims
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The Fallen – A Tanka
Hands used to hard work
By night, lay calloused and broke
Like a fallen oak
Brought to it’s knees by axemen
Split and forgotten
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Shadow Figures – A Dark Tanka
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A mist clouds the room
Shadow figures menace me
Overwhelmed by dread
Covers clutched over my head
I pray for intercession
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Life of Lessons
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Influenced by birth
Life determines points-of-view
Like watching a film
Sometimes a panorama
Other times a flawed close up
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A Tanka
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Shattered Confidence – A Tanka
Unsure in my skin
Salient fears consume me
Breaking confidence
Leaving shards of me shattered
Bloody and vulnerable
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Artist or Madman
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This cacophony
Spills from my mind, haphazard
Like a raging flood
Drenching everything in sight
With water, mud and debris
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~ A Tanka ~
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
Giving
The purpose of man
Lies not in acquisitions
Like pieces of gold
But in the fortune he’s shared
Freely with mankind
~ A Tanka~
~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~
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