Porcelain Skin and Ceramic Hearts Stanza
Trough of Life
Memories and dreams driven by desires and needs
Pose as the trough through which our fiction feeds
Obtaining the most out of life is what we all want
Hoping when we die it's not viewed as a meaningless stunt
From Porcelain skin and Ceramic Heart
9/22/20
Rithimus Divisa 6
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Categories:
ceramic, cry, death, humanity, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Porcelain Skin, Ceramic Hearts
Canvasing the world as we solder metal bandages to wooden wings
We attempt to cover pain by silencing what our scars sing
A noted tension with a vulnerable assist
Showcases hope and a life we refuse to resist
The porcelain skin that encompasses our ceramic hearts
Shatters with words, fragile from the start
We attempt to grow strong and bring misfortune
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Categories:
ceramic, abuse, addiction, courage, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
The Ceramic Cookie Jar
"Don't go back there" she says to me
she knows how bad a memory can be
let your uncle in reach for the stool
four years old, too young for school
When the shift work was done,
she'd come home on the run
to find her children broken up,
like two little
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Categories:
ceramic, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Ceramic Vase
My arms stretched around her.
She rose like a flower.
Blossoming to life.
Her lips a bud.
Flourished full.
I a reddish ceramic.
A reminder that we are grounded.
She filled where I felt most empty.
On certain days she would dance in my arms.
Painting my cheeks rose red.
Creating foundation we both can grow.
Her trust being the ultimate gift.
Arms wide open she
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Categories:
ceramic, black african american, black
Form: Free verse
Ceramic Vase
One in three women.
Have experienced violence.
The vase inside cracks.
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Categories:
ceramic, abuse, betrayal, black african
Form: Haiku
Ceramic Silver Swans
As the sun sets over the mountains,
And the stars light up the skies,
Evening dewdrops glisten
And light the diamonds in your eyes.
Rivers they carry the shimmers
Of the moonlight dancing free.
Like ceramic silver swans they swim,
Carrying you to me.
Passion knows no boundaries,
And love can tell no lies,
As my desires light the fires that burn,
Underneath those starry skies.
And
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Categories:
ceramic, love, light, light,
Form: Ballad
The Czar's Marbleized Ceramic Jar
A white and silver marbleized ceramic jar,
I found in an abandoned car...
I saw a similar one at a bazaar,
it belonged to Alexander, the Czar.
I asked the slim and friendly Russian lady,
" How much is that jar? "
" Ten dollars, my dear! "
Wasn't I excited to have bought History?
She wrapped it twice in old newspaper,
and
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Categories:
ceramic, history, people, places,
Form: Rhyme