Dear Marilyn



was there really ever such a one

as thee amongst us?

Could it have been so that a humanly

seraph of magnificence

extraordinaire came to be?

For divinity falls shy of thee forever

adorable lady as thine grandeur

in all sense derived not from

that which could be confined

by camera or ogle but cache embracing

soul in thee so precious yet unvalued

by common spectator blinded

in thine beauty of flesh

though it was but a part of thee

Dear Marilyn

angel ye be but not of heavenly creation

for ye be of humane generosity

shining from thine inner

as light to bring beauty

to ye features so lovely

but elevated beyond to the eternal

as ye who delivered so truly

Dear Marilyn

many see merely actress of silver screen

when ye was great for which be known

only to those of sensitivity

yet multitudes from thine image created

symbol of sexuality or deity of the same

yet it was ye who was above in being woman

of purest emotional nature

which like rose lasted but time ever

so brief yet eternal to us

Dear Marilyn

titles were given on to ye

of most coarse variety

proclaiming ye film star

yet it be ye who rise above

these words which when heaved

upon others serve as accolade

yet to thee are but trivial

in greatness that will forever be

of those who understood the one in thee