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Porcelain Doll

By Tanya LeijPublished 7 months ago • Updated 20 days ago • 1 min read

Three little words

quiver on my lips

    I love you

but I can't say this

I try to hold back

but it spills out my mouth

in definitive certainty

I'm in love with you

simultaneously

spiraling into make-shift insanity

crippled up on nails digging into me

trying to escape to reality

crawling on my belly

sneak out of the door

don't call me back

I can't take your shit no more

 

you dig in

like metal cuffs on my wrists

tearing my skin

with horns on your fists

I try to be polite

I didn't want this

you can see it in my eyes

with your blood thirsty kiss

I would kick and scream

but sedation took my will to live

drag me on the floor

like a child

I'm your doll

perfect curls rest upon my shoulders

well they would

if I weren't hanging by my toes

chains too heavy

bruises on my neck

the kind that gets me

in trouble with your kicks

swing me 'round

in circles on the ground

spinning silks

your face so close

I can smell the devil on your chest

you wear him like cologne

flaunting

stalking

slicking around

you think your sneaky

but the traps out now

don't trip

don't fall

you'll break your crown

you think you could cage me forever

you clown.

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Tanya Leij

In a blank space, captivating words flow freely to create something that has not existed before.

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    Written by Tanya Leij