Porcelain Princess [Triple Triolet]

Laughter lines - traced beside her sky blue eyes,
Tell me the stories that her mouth can not -
Stars shine bright, falling from the charcoal sky.
Laughter lines - traced beside her sky blue eyes,
Hidden beneath her foundation disguise,
Wrecked from crocodile tears that continue to rot -
Laughter lines - traced beside her sky blue eyes,
Tell me the stories that her mouth can not -

Silver smoke laces through her lungs to -
Paint such a foolish picture of a heart,
And she falls to pieces because of you -
Silver smoke laces through her lungs to -
Swirl colors through stories in her eyes of blue,
And she latches onto her hair, falling apart -
Silver smoke laces through her lungs to -
Paint such a foolish picture of a heart.

And her bruised heart screams out in agony -
Begging in sorrow for its torture to be heard,
Reaching out to an ashamed husband to be;
And her bruised heart screams out in agony,
A wretched song drenched in pain is sung to me,
But a porcelain princess falls without a word;
And her bruised heart screams out in agony -
Begging in sorrow for its torture to be heard.

-Jenna Elphick
May 16, 2007

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A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.

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