Cold salt spray rains down
Winds like daggers frost the soul
Of hearty sailors
Death may lie on the next swell
On their way to calm waters
Such is their lover
Both cruel and kind on a whim
With no emotion
She is as she’s always been
Nature’s passionate abyss
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Winding river, you are full of stones
Each covered in the blood of hatred.
Claiming to do as God commanded
You are false interpreters of the Word,
Stoning humanity into submission.
Under the guise of love you preach–
Conversion or death your message.
Yet in Heaven your Gods are the same,
Your aggressions on earth intertwined;
Surely there is enough blame for all.
Look! Your Holy texts are riddled with violence,
Deaths of men, women and children– so graphic;
Still you have the gall to point fingers at another!
You hypocrite, you heathen, you betray yourselves!
Each of you should be stoned for your digressions
You perpetrators of hate and death.
None of you are without human frailties,
None of you can claim to be speaking for Almighty God
For that–would be blasphemy,
Yet still you proclaim to know what is in God’s Heart!
Put an end this senseless bloodshed,
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”,
And nary a stone will ever be cast again.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
I gathered stones and pebbles
For a fortress to build,
Bulwark against the evils of this world.
Having fought them for so long
I am weary, fearing that I have no fight left in me.
My swords I’ve dulled, sharpened and dulled again
Beating back the cruelty and injustices of man
Only to have them retake territory.
This has been the history of our species;
Seek, conquer and destroy our lasting legacy.
So cocooned in my citadel I shall wait,
Quietly, patiently, until the day of reckoning,
Praying for this succession to end.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
They only win if you live in fear
Envisioning terror around every turn
Red, blood red keeps you awake at night
Rendered by the media and the radical’s might
Only you can stem this terrible tide
Ridding the world of their plague that imbibes
Impending doom is what they so desire
Stifling of hope for a future that’s bright
Tell them their end lies in the approaching hour
Standing as one–their fates are most dire
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Sensitivity
Lost to murderer on tv
And video games
Sometimes getting out-of-hand
Bankrupting morality
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Will the killing end
The cycle of violence
Answered with the same
When has retribution quelled
Never–it’s provocation
Igniting more death
Until reasons are foggy
And senses immune
It becomes the way of life
Cold, hard and desensitized
~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Torture inhuman
Perpetuating killing
Revenge not so sweet
Justify it as you wish
It only breeds more hatred
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Harbor no ill will
Make friends of your enemies
Though unnatural
Forgiveness is essential
To live a spirit filled life
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So easy to say
In the right circumstances
Though hard to commit
Once anger has taken hold
Breathe deeply and let it go
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
There is no relief
No solace in the system
When trust is broken
Right or wrong we all have lost
By virtue of this verdict
A public trial
Witnesses in open court
Would this have been wrong
Perhaps, but we’ll never know
Case closed…
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Perhaps armageddon has finally come
Ferguson knows this all too well.
Do not be fooled–justice hasn’t been done
Though the politicians try to hard sell.
Claiming that the process has properly worked
Cries the President down to the prosecution.
Their responsibilities so blatantly shirked
It’s sad to think that this is the solution.
Corporate media you are largely to blame,
Yes you, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News!
Refusing to hang your guilty heads in shame
You planted the bomb then lit the fuse.
In the end you got just what you wanted,
That sound bite and graphic video clip.
Those agitators you shamelessly taunted
Full team coverage that never has slipped.
Still in the end a young man lies dead,
His parents still mourning their loss.
Long after you turn your cameras and fled
Forgetting your actions have costs.
And you men of justice with the law on your side
You’ve failed at the tasks we entrust.
Behind the grand jury with deception you hide,
Your verdicts in our faces you thrust.
So tell me what’s fair in this game that you play
Using the media to determine outcome.
It’s wrong and you know it no matter what you may say
While at our heads you are holding a gun.
You get what you give in this violent game
Though I wish that it wasn’t to be so.
So pin to your chests that badge of true blame
Donning makeup for the cameras next show.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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