Porcelain doll with a broken smile
Friend of mine
Sits on a shelf staring vacantly
Not empty
She fears oblivion
She fears chaos and rage
She fears someone broke her smile
Someone broke her smile
Prozac withered tears
Stolen breath delivers night
Drowned a cause (Caressed the light)
Singed the hem of her skirt
She screams of anguish
She screams hell pain
She screams someone broke her smile
Someone stole her smile
Vodka martini (extra dry please)
Coats the blues
Panicked pants strain to break free
Releasing the caged bird that sings
She cries her secrets
She cries nursery rhymes
She cries someone broke her smile
Someone broke her smile
Steals a moment from death (Cheats the world)
Grasping at words on a page
Words on a page emerge from her scars
Not porcelain skin
She’s not a porcelain doll
She dreams of chance
She dreams enlightenment
She dreams of prayer
Speak softly her name
The absurdity
Of the idea of a god
Protecting the soul
Of a madman
Of a madwoman
In love
With
An idea.
Copyright © 2004 Alyssa Polacsek, Lakota Films, LLC
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