The Porcelain Doll

The porcelain doll

Sits on the shelf

Minding her business

Just being herself

She sees a family

Through the years

She has seen all the fights

And all of the tears

She has seen Christmas

And Easter too

Every year that grows

The children who were two

One day she realized

Times used to be good

The father had been faithful

And kids came home when they should

The mother didn't work

Until all hours of the night

Smiles had been on faces

They had held each other tight

But then it all fell apart

And the doll was left alone

With no one to watch

But ants crawling on outside stone

The faucet dripping

And the alarming sound

Of silence