W-Marilyn Monroe- a Golden Lotus In Dull Grave

The new book “Fragments” refresh the The image of larger-than-life American. The “fragments” do ignite many questions Of what turns a human being into a legend. Personal excellence, exceptional charisma Intellect, strength or beauty? Or it can be Unusual capacity to engage the hearts And enlarge the dreams of the admirers. She echoed her rage, discontent and sorrow She notes, “ Not a scared little girl anymore” Her youth was marred by abandonment Her three marriages ended in divorce. She wrote in her poem when married to *Miller “Oh silence, your stillness hurt my head — and pierce ears.” The most contentious aspect of Monroe’s early years Is the possibility that she was sexually abused. Three years later she wrote, “ I will not be punished Or be whipped, or be threatened or not be loved Or sent to hell to burn with bad people Feeling that I am also bad” alludes to devotion To faith and her struggle with guilt. Millions of words have been devoted to her Few of them were written or said by herself And the people who knew her well are no more. Yet her inner life remains mysterious A subject of reverie for biographers and writers. Oceans churned on her brow, wind swept the leaves Of her life into dust storms, flames leapt in mirrors Of her eyes dwelling in a penumbra of life and death. ----------------------------------------------------------- First Place win in: Contest: My Favorite Movie Star by Judy Konos