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