Porcelain dolls are so lovely but so fragile.

1. Porcelain Doll

2. The porcelain doll Sits on the shelf

3. Big brown eyes Looking for all the world Like they might stop Blankly staring And animate

4. Rosebud lips Seem as though they might Smile any minute

5. She sits there fragile Gazing upon an empty world No reaction, immobile Collecting dust

6. Tiny ears overhearing Throwaway comments

7. Dressed ready To sit on another shelf In some sunlit room perhaps

8. Her cheeks translucent In the warm rays Her delicate hands Resting demurely Untouched Incase she breaks