Her soft feminine facade
Glowing with softness in her powdery beauty
Angelic soft features: chiseled from clouds
Deep cooling eyes of burning embers
Little lips, so silky sweet
Form a smile melting even the coldest stone heart
Draped in fluid silky tresses;
Her delicate face flushes in rosy hues.
He spots her on the shelf; untouched
Her face reflects within his eyes
An image that never fades
He must have her.
Infatuation raging through every vain
His passion brews; coming to a boil;
Against the wall, he throws her
And devours her
In a storm of steamy kisses.
In raw lust; he takes her
She submits completely
Never a word slipping from her lips
Only her compliant moans
He never cares.
For to him, she’s only a doll
An adorable face
A slab of porcelain with no whims or emotions
With no thoughts to call her own
His toy.
But in the warm afterglow
She becomes human
As he holds her close
And whispers
“I love you”
As she falls asleep on a bed made of roses
But his eyes ignite in lustful desire
When a new plaything arrives
She now rests on a bed of asphalt
Under the dumpster bin.
Where she chokes on rejection
And the putrid smell of garbage
Weaving through her nostrils.
Echoing raindrops fall
As they wash over her shattered porcelain
Author notes
o This is about a beautiful girl attracting people who will use her just for her beauty or for sex and disregard her once another pretty thing comes along. I was writing this one when I was doing the imago discovery exercises (which is a combination of an inner child healing/relationship work book) in the gender and sexuality chapter and I found some really sad stories about how people gawked over my beauty or cuteness when I was really young and how uncomfortable and self conscious I was. I felt like a freaking object
I saw beauty as a double edged sword and for a long period I tried not to be beautiful and dressed down to avoid this unwanted attention that made me feel like an object. Then I came out of it about a year ago and discovered that the same problem was still there. I’m still struggling to heal these feelings. In a sense, this poem is not about one man but about societal attitudes in general.
But there’s another side that inspired this. Then I thought about how people who were searching for love were often just used for sex and were deluded into thinking that was love and they were rudely awakened when they were dumped for some one else. I specifically thought of my friend who was used for sex and thought it was love, but then she repeated this pattern over and over again. It was painfully sad to watch. These themes and more are all in this poem.
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A contest entry
- Sex - Negative Aspects by ZestyDreams.
600 points, ended March 8, 2007, 12 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Depressing, DirtyPretty, Society by KittieLyyn.
450 points, ended March 24, 2007, 18 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - In love or lust? by Myjoy.
450 points, ended April 3, 2007, 16 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Doll face, Now You See [Inside..] by LucyLightning.
600 points, ended June 13, 2007, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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very amazing
It is a very unique poem, excellently wrote (if there's any spelling errors I do apologize working overnight and its 6am
) very powerfull and full of emotion. Great work 
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Wow. Thank you for this. This was... amazing.
I just got dumped for this. My ex wanted a little mmhmm & i said fuck you. lol. [but not literally..] lol. That's what got me there in the first place. lol. Good luck in the contest!
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I want to say thanks for everyone that entered my contest it was very hard to judge this contest because the poems were all good and i loved reading them.I had a blast reading them good job and to the people who didnt win you all did a great job.
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I'm feeling this poem because I see that happen so much I like it also because its real poem. I use to dress down to because I didnt want to be a object. But at the end of the day people still look at you the same if they see your beauty. I'm really feeling this one and I wish more people knew that cus sex aint love its only "Infatuation raging through every vain" so i fele that thats my favorite line good job and good luck in my contest
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Amazing, the truth in the write is shocking. We never think of the beautiful ones as part of the evil in this world done to them. I being one of thoughs dolls feel this deep within my heart. Well done, well said.
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wow. i loved loved this. love love love this. great job. it was truly truly beautiful. So sad so raw. Welcome to my finalists list. Good luck in the contest and thanx for entering. -
Congratulations on Gold
a very beautiful write,sad although with a nice flow and good alliteration.A write worthy of Gold.
Blessings
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I really love the way you give the impression of a discarded toy-lovely and valued when new; but then used and thrown away. One distracting note: the overuse of the word soft all through the first part.
On the whole, a really powerful write, Blue
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Very well conveyed...
Ilana, well written. Shows softness and beauty, misused and abused. All to true today. Guard your heart my dear.
Buddy
I hope you haven't been to see the ex. In our darkness we can find liberation, if we read the signs.
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Your poetry really fits in well with this awsome contest I do believe!!! overall, I believe I really enjoyed reading the second stanza the very most on this one!!! great alliteration and i have to say you have really poured your heart into this one!!!! Good Luck in the contest!!!
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He never cares.
For to him, she’s only a doll
Indeed this is a truthofthis great world where one can not bring the truth of the heart ...what is left here is just very disapointing and very dark sometimes..here the touch of the dillema of life is said with so much powerful immages my friend..I appreciate this very much...
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Her soft feminine facade
Glowing with softness in her powdery beauty
Angelic soft features: chiseled from clouds
Deep cooling eyes of burning embers
Little lips, so silky sweet
Form a smile melting even the coldest stone heart
Draped in soft silky tresses;
Her delicate face flushes in rosy hues.
Very Beautiful and Passionate...Great Write -
howlie crap-frijoles that was amazing...it started out sweet, got violent, added some hope and then ended with despair. I really like this, it's very true, good luck in the contest
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Wow I loved the analogy in this, a painted doll, wanted and yearned for then tossed aside when the next one walks in, men! They have shallow hearts sometimes and forget that inside we may just have a heart that breaks, just like porcelain, never to be repaired.
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Woah this poem is very strong. It hits the heartstrings hard.
I loved the concept of this poem. Of her being nothing but this man's doll and plaything, his toy. The storytelling is most excellent. It starts out describing this beautiful untouched girl. "He spots her on the shelf; untouched" Than she loses her innocence "For to him, she’s only a doll face
An adorable face" But then there is hope offered with the stanza "She becomes human
As he holds her close And whispers “I love you”" This hope is losted with the "But his eyes ignite in lustful desire
When a new plaything arrives" Men suck.
The ending struck hard. "She now rests on a bed of asphalt
Under the dumpster bin.
Where she chokes rejection
And the putrid smell of garbage.
Echoing raindrops fall
As they wash over her shattered porcelain"
Amazingly written. I love the metaphor of her being a porcelain doll that is discarded after it has been "played with"
Thanks so much for entering the contest and sharing this poem.
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