Photograph

The cherubic smile,

The only beatification

In the distant mile,

The reign of the ricochet hex.

Veiled by the cryptic obscurity,

The chimerical eyes

Glowing like the aureole,

Parching the black roses of autumn.

Serving as a chauvinist

The priest has no answers,

The avaricious mind

Wants no more kinship!

The life so perturbed,

The past so hideous,

The onerous dilemma

Seems to fade away.

The want, to gaze forever,

The hypnotic effect

Erasing the chagrin,

Looking for a lifetime--- at this photograph!