Thursday, January 10, 2013

She's there... La Signora Elegante ....

Yes, it's true that she lives far away...
across tumultuous and vast waters....
almost across TIME somehow...
the 'timeless' beauty....MARIANA...
The Italian 'ROSE'....
spreading her enchanting fragrance and
 magnanimous intellect in an upward direction.....
Upward....toward what can only be known really as the
"STARLIGHT KINGDOM"....
She gazes upon us with those 'knowing' eyes...
those 'haunted', lovely eyes....
always deep in contemplation and never-ending retrospect....
HOW can she help ?
WHAT can she do ?
to artfully make this world better ?
The thing which escapes her uncanny wisdom, ironically...
is that her very EXISTENCE makes EVERYTHING better....
She is a GIFT to all who are fortunate enough to venture across her path...
May her BLUES forever become PINKS and YELLOWS....
The Grande Dame...
MARIANA (Rosa)

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