What's Underneath the Doll's Face

What's Underneath the Doll's Face

A Poem by Lost in Wonderland

Cold hearted stares

Keep me quiet and smiling

While deep down inside

I am silently dying

 

Enveloped in a spider web of lies

Trying to please them

With countless "I'm fines"

Because I hate the looks they give me

A mixture of judgment and pity

 

They see me as a porcelain doll

Smile incapable of fading

Painted on for all the world to see

My cracks are subtle

I keep them well hidden

From condescending gazes

 

Beauty and circus tricks

Are perceived by the eyes

And ears can only hear my pretty lies

It is the heart alone

That is able to know the truth

Of all I dare not say

But it must be able to decipher

My abstract art every day

 

And thus determines

Those who are happy being deceived

And those, like I,

Who aren't afraid to dive

Into the deep

© 2012 Lost in Wonderland


Author's Note

Lost in Wonderland
Thank you all for the title suggestions!!
God has the glory

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Surprisingly interesting.
I wrote a poem like that in preforming arts a lot of people asked how I wrote it

Posted 12 Years Ago


captivating and brilliant well written love it

Posted 12 Years Ago


Beautiful

Posted 12 Years Ago


WoW this was lovely.
For some reason I really loved the second stanza. It just seemed so defiant and resolved: "Because I hate the looks they give me."

Very well-written poem. You were able to portray your emotions clearly amidst beautiful imagery. The porcelain doll metaphor worked extremely well here as well.

Always a pleasure.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Lost in Wonderland

12 Years Ago

Thank you so much:) I always love hearing from you
God Bless!
The Scholar

12 Years Ago

And I always love reading your poetry. Everyone on here is so incredibly talented!
Lost in Wonderland

12 Years Ago

thank you:) They really are! And of course that includes you
like the content

Posted 12 Years Ago


Very beautiful. Well written :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


Lost in Wonderland

12 Years Ago

Thanks Jetta:)
God Bless
I love the content, the last stnaza ties everything up with a bow

Posted 12 Years Ago


Lost in Wonderland

12 Years Ago

Thank you Cole
God Bless:)
people have a tendency of doing that, breaking us down to see if we'll get back up. pushing us around to see if we'll throw a punch, mocking us, ridiculing us, to see if we'll start crying. this is why they piss me off so much, bullies. i dealt with that enough as a child, became stronger for it, now, even though i look fragile cause i don't have the outer body or physique required, i have the cold hard stare of a man without mercy or remorse for those who try to harm me. get on my good side, everything's good, get on my bad side, run and hide.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Really enjoyed this poem. You did a great job conveying your emotions, and setting a scene full of imagery. As I read, I pictured a girl who stood on stage trying to act out a scene, yet filled with secret sorrows, her emotions grappled with her thoughts. There is definitely a beautiful disparity in that image (then again, it may just be my overactive imagination coming up with that). I think a great title would be my former words "Secret Sorrows", for they described what thoughts surfaced in me after reading this piece. Great job, looking forward to reading some more of your work.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Lost in Wonderland

12 Years Ago

thank you very much. Its ironic that you bring up the acting on stage. I've been really into theatre.. read more

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Added on September 21, 2012
Last Updated on October 2, 2012
Tags: Broken, Hiding, Doll, Fake, Smile, Judgement, Illusions

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