Hopes burnished with dreams
Not found
On the burgeoned stoops
Of men burnt from the lifeless smoke
Of broken expectations
Aspirations polished with a poignant smile
Unennunciated
The painted image of the madonna
In her arms a lost world pasted
On the faceless grin if soldiers
Desires briliant with longings
Unsatiated
By seductive banal attractions
The silhouette of eternal abstractions
Illuminate the beautific cheeks
Of children