Poetry

Dear Marlene………
Sweet heart of the dead
Adored by generations not yet
born
Marlene we love you.
.
Your beauty burned the wings of
JFK
And brought big John to his knees
For your love, was meant for
more.
You shocked the World with a
velvet kiss
An elegant truth in a sea of
Fools
.
It took one voice to start a War,
One bullet to unite false
prophets
One woman to speak out
You ostracized the Nazis for what
they were.
.
Stood tall, through treason
Did not follow, Hitler’s Spell
Chose to Love America s freedom
instead.
.
When Reapers scythe came
Song and Compassion was your
shield.
It Gave comfort to the damned as
shell and mortar pound
.
Your words a respite, from the
fear
And your beauty, a reminder.
That love awaits the Soldiers
return.
Back to the German farms and the
English meadows
For love knows nothing of war.
.
You witnessed holy sacrilege,
Saw blind disciples fuel the
reapers fire
Both sides, in the name of god,
Oh how heaven must have wept
.
Marlene you dared to question
religion,
For Your soul could see through
the flames,
While others perished in mortals
Pride.
.
You Asked god to review his plan.
Only you, Marlene could do that
.
Where have all the flowers gone
Your message to Humanity,
But the Heinkel and the Spitfire
Flew too high to hear
And the flowers of youth
All Eaten by silent sheep, and
Taken to yet another slaughter.
.
Yet be proud Marlene
For Your echo awakened a new
generation to peace,
Although lasting peace is like
true love, so hard to find,
.
But never the less, a goal we
devote our lives to.
Some countries have found their
Peace
While other search.
.
Humanity is still a child in
these matters,
And war still goes on
When will they ever, learn, when
will they, ever learn.
.
Try to forgive us,
Perhaps the man upstairs,
Really does have another plan,
Marlene Dietrich,
.
At least I’m sure that Eternity
Will be a far more beautiful and
interesting place
With you in it,
.
And I look forward to meeting
you.
.
Love Steven
xxxx
.
Footnote to this
poem
JFK relates to her affair with
President Kennedy
Big john relates to her affair
with John Wayne
The Velvet kiss was the first
lesbian kiss on main stream cinema 1930, Marlene was bisexual.
The line where have all the
flowers gone and when will they ever learn comes from the song forever
associated with Marlene Dietrich.
.
Brief Biography
Born 1901 in Germany
First film in 1920
Became American Citizen 1937
Awarded Medal of Freedom USA 1947
Awarded Legion of Honor by France
Died in Paris, 1992