My porcelain doll so perfect you are
I left you alone and went somewhere far
You fell off the shelf, glass eyes they shattered
You’re all by yourself, beaten and battered
My porcelain doll dressed up to the nines
You’re beautiful junk and no longer mine
Oh my dear, I don’t care if your skin begins to crack
Oh my doll, I won’t come, I will never come back
Well yes of course it’s true, you’ve done nothing wrong
But I’ve purchased a new doll, and she can sing me songs
She has a string in her back and she bends to my will
You’re useless junk to me, yet so beautiful still
My porcelain doll, black holes for eyes
Cracked and broken it’s you I despise
Oh my dear, my porcelain doll
I know you loved me but I don’t care for you at all
About the Creator
Ivy Rozen
Writer and poet with published articles, email campaigning experience, teaching experience, and a completed poetry residency with Free Verse, where I finished my first book of poems, Runcation, on sale now at www.IvanaWrites.com
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