Dolly
By Tenielle W
Published 9 September 2016
Ocean coloured glass eyes
Stare back at you with happiness
A comforting stare amongst a soft vinyl face
Drawn brown eyebrows gently sit under
A pilled cloth hat
An apricot-pink silk rose
Sits on the collar of a pink-trimmed smock
Loose elastic-waisted pants
Sit delicately on a cotton body
With small vinyl feet hanging out the bottom
The stretched elastic of the pilled hat sits
Loosely on tiny, shaped ears
And a small cheeky chin
A bubbly pink smile
Reaches from cheek to cheek
You look again into the glassy ocean eyes
And see a childhood reflected back at you
The cotton body and matching pilled outfit
Smelling of baby powder
And splattered with specks of beloved memories