Dollhouse by Melanie Martinez

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As I walk up to the attic away from my family I stopped at the door, looking around to see if my family has followed me knowing no one has I opened the door, closed it and walked over to my little pink and black dollhouse.

Hey girl, open the walls, play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family.

I opened my dollhouse smiling on how I see my favourite doll in her room covering her ears, I walked over to the other side looking for the box full of clothes and settings for my dollhouse.

When you walk away, is when we really play

You don't hear me when I say,

I walk back humming lightly until I heard,

"Mom, please wake up.
Dad's with a slut, and your son is smoking cannabis."

I stopped humming and sat in front of my dollhouse seeing the girl in front of her mum's room getting ready to knock, the son in his room smoking and the father no where to be seen. I ran downstairs the smell of smoke leading me to my brothers room, I ran again away from the smell going to find dad but just like the dollhouse he was no where to be seen, last I ran around up to mum's room knocking, when I got no answer I ran back up to the attic shock on my face to see everything is back to where it was like nothing happened five minutes ago.

No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens
Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen.

The kitchen!? I looked down at my dollhouses kitchen seeing the light flickering on and off and seeing shadows, knowing me I ran down to the kitchen, the same thing: lights were flickering, shadows moving around, messy ground, my father with a slut, knives missi- FATHER WITH A SLUT!? I couldn't believe it, my father is really doing this, I stepped back slowly not moving my eyes away no matter how much I wanted to I just couldn't, when I was near the stairs I ran up back to the attic, locking the door and sliding down crying silently from what I've seen, smelt and hear.

Places, places, get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces.
Everyone thinks we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains.

It has been three days since I seen what happened in the kitchen, I don't even eat anymore because of that, right now I'm in my room changing into the clothes mother told me to change into.

Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains.

I smile along with my family for the family photo, we are in our living room, my big brother and I in the front, and mother and father at the back, once the photographer took a photo father sent him off, closing the curtains and walked into the kitchen, big brother going back to his room, mother going to her room and I just stand there looking at every way they went, after a while I sigh and walk over to the attic again.

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees.
(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees)

We are all in the lounge room watching tv it's been a week since I had seen my dad with that girl, my brother looked like he was going to faint anytime soon and he smelt horrible, I looked over at my mum and she looked back at me, I smiled a sweet smile and she smiled back lovingly before looking back at the tv.

Hey girl, look at my mum, she's got it going on
Ha, your blinded by her jewelry.
When you turn your back she pulls out a flask
And forgets his infidelity.
Uh-oh, she's coming to the attic, plastic,
Go back to being plastic.

As soon as I smelt a different kind of drink I ran to the attic, I walked over to my dollhouse and ripped it open grabbing my favourite doll.

No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens
One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen.

I sang while sliding onto the ground playing with my doll's hair, crying silently, wishing we were perfect like everyone thought we were.

Places, places, get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces.
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains.

I looked around from where my dollhouse was I seen boxes, cobwebs, more boxes and one nice photo of my family, I smiled at the memory I was only young: like three, big brother was seven, mother looked happier and father was actually smiling he's smile instead of a straight line.

Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains

I walked over to my dollhouse, putting my doll back in her room, fixing up everything, when I finished I put my head down and got comfy.

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees.
(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees)

Hey girl (hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl...)
Hey girl, open your walls, play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family.

I heard shuffling and tiny little hands all over my body but I was too tired to even open my eyes.

Places, places, get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces.
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains.

I opened my eyes slowly feeling weird, when I had a better look around I seen I was no longer in my house but my dollhouse and by the looks of it I was in the lounge room sitting next to what I thought was my family but was my dolls!

Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains.

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees.
(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees)

I woke up with a startle and looked around, it was dark and all I can make out of with the dim light, I was in a room, I put my head back down on the pillow and turned to my side.

Can you keep a secret?

Blackout~
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And there we go Dollhouse is now done and I'm now working on 'Pretty Little Liars' now don't be afraid to give me some advice, songs, maybe if you guys could vote, message, and well...ask others to read it too, thank you all.

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