Your perfect little porcelain doll

  has taken a fall

from her pedestal

and shattered

…just like your delusions

~Melanie Blackwell


Filed under 25 Words or Less, Poetry

11 responses to “Shattered

  1. Reblogged this on Wordifull and commented:

    A reblog of a micropoem you may have missed. Enjoy 🙂

  2. Miranda Stone

    Excellent poem, Melanie! The first three lines are particularly powerful.

  3. Reminds me if my first marriage. I did not like being made of china.

  4. omtatjuan

    I like your powerful words!

  5. It reads like a power short…intensely succinct. Excellent poem! 🙂

  6. THAT is a fabulous and important poem! I just love it. Standing ovation for sure:)

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