China Doll

when I was youn I had a china doll
she was beautiful, my china doll, and smart too
at the beginning I thought she was perfect
unbreakable
one day my doll was sick
Daddy and I took her to the hospital
dressed in a hospital gown I finally saw the truth
she wasn't ubreakable, her body was soft
and the doctors would have to rip her
when I went to visit I saw pain in her perfect blue eyes
her hair wasn't glossy and well-kept
no rosy cheeks, no red, red lips
oh, how my china doll was sick
why wouldn't they just fix her
make her smile, sew her body back together
then I could see her again
perfect and porcelain, the soft parts tucked away
but I knew, I would always know
both a mother and a china doll could break

SRD 1/10/02
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