"porcelain doll"

"porcelain doll"

 

 

her ceramic features

were cracked & distorted

being cast against the wall

left her bruised & battered

 

the promises of errant love

echoed in her shattered soul

the senseless lies of perfection

 

once she was a treasure

an ornamental keepsake

beyond monetary speculation

 

as time wove on

his passionate kisses

became bittersweet blows

 

her domestic bliss

evaporated like dew

against the dawning sun

 

what past time pleasures

could convey such wicked irony

 

the rancid toxicity

of bitter salty tears

against swollen shut eyes

 

she whispered a silent prayer

that death's sweet embrace

would end her nightmarish torture

 

the token trinkets

of our insipid childhood

must be discarded

(eventually)

 

but even the most

(useless) of our past

must be treated

with more than common

...disregard

 

what is most treasured

should always be

most cherished

 

especially against

the bone shattering crack

so selfishly inflicted

 

upon the once

enamored past

 

 

Kenny L. Mitchell

February 20, 2010

 

 

Reviews

[LisetteCanWrite!]

An essence of a Fragile wallflower portrayal that is very moving.. the comparison to a porcelain doll is as cracked as beauty itself. Magazines feed us such false ideas of what true beauty is.. and we not only chase after it .. it's a multi-billion dollar business these days. Rancid is the only spelling error. True feel here also of youth gone.. complete disregard for anything of true substance.. provoking.. great job with this writing.. true to life for so many sadly.

[Lilly]

Oh - this is beautiful. A very creative piece - love the use of the porcelain doll reflecting the abuse of a person.
Very moving and thought provoking. Well done.

[Mark]

At heart, men are still the hunter-gatherers they were 15,000 years ago, putting on the necessary camouflage to approach the target, whether of sweet disposition, monetary trappings, whatever. Only when the prey is won, albeit by subterfuge, does the real man make himself known...and the butchering begins.I am grateful to realize that there are still a few men on the planet who acknowledge their basic dishonest, as it is only in acknowledging it that we can work to eliminate it. Great insights, Kenny!

[DBURKE]

Oh this is great_ I am most impressed by the metaphore of a perosn being abused to a porcelain doll absolutely great work!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This a great piece of writing and a wonderfully well crafted social statement. People disagree and hurt each other; governments go to war. If the pen is mightier than the sword, doesn't the bearer of the pen have an obligation to those under the power of the sword; to free them from tyranny and offer them hope? I tend to think so and you carry well your sabre pen here. Great write.

[Lola Nation]

much imagery here, the trophy of affection abused, neglected, bruised against walls, age passing her by as what once seemed so treasured appears so distant...wishing for dismissal from it all...sad, ruptured grief... enamored/enameled past ... bygone.

[cest la vie]

Kenny-San,
see you have been polishing your writing spear..

What a powerful write on the internal as well as external damages of abuse. Fractures never go away, they just sort of smooth themselves out into faint lines. Such a great write. I can see I gotta get back to the drawing board..

[Ellen Hammond]

This is a powerful write about abuse. I love the porcelain doll metaphor. It fits so well as when the TLC turns to disregard and violence not only is the face often cracked and scarred but the soul is shattered. I really like this poem.