Short Aureole Poems

An infinity, of an affinity
Forever I love you
An aureole outlines your silhouette
An angel with humility named
Serenity
You have the nobility-n-capability
Of being the Queen the 
World will envy
An infinity, of an affinity
Forever I love you
Serenity
A serene divinity, humility, no enmity
Just tranquility-n-serenity
A serene divinity
I need Serenity, forever
I will love you...

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Auroras of rain
Imprint water 
On flat roofs
In New Orleans—
Notes written
To uncertain Gods
Dulling brains
In wavering sheens.

Dampness
Burdens air redolent
In organic greenness.

We etch hazy sky
With ancient shadows,
Avoid silences,
Refuse darkness
& quiet walks.

An aureole of grayness
Pulses from fingertips
As we wander in rain,
Hands like hollow things
As millions of raindrops
Do not mean, but are—
A cold, dark beating
Of condor wings....

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It's all make believe, isn't it?, 
                      Marylin Monroe


Foundation smeared grid of Facebook likes 
saccharine coated lies, pretending the truth.
Advertised love, behind every pretty picture
makes them believe, the wizard and his spell
Blurry eyes enticed, in aureole golden water
an allure of distance, shimmering a mirage.
Tears smear down...perhaps only pain is real 



19th June 2020

Sponsor	Regina Riddle
Contest Name	It's Only Make Believe...

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