Porcelain doll



In pieces I lay, a porcelain doll shattered
My heart, my all, once given now tattered
Hoping you’d tape together what you broke apart.
Left me all alone with a fractured heart

Traumas my tape, my glue,my hold to each part.
Yet the cracks still show, a map of my heart.
Used and broken I sit in despair.
While you seek the flawless beyond repair .

My story’s marked by hidden pain.
You only see the outsides plain.
Tape and glue patch up my breaks.
Yet the cracks still show , for goodness sakes

I’m a porcelain doll, chipped and worn
While you pursue the flawless trend
You in perfection untouched by pain.
Seeking the flawless to repeat again.

About this poem

This poem is about to break up and you trying everything to fix the pieces afterwards and seeing your person move on like you never happened .

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Submitted by Chelsea.Anne.byrne1 on December 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB BBCC DDEE XXDX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 668
Words 135
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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