Paul Bell

Dolly

Death surrounded her

Bombs falling captured the stories inside her head

Real life tears fell over blood soaked mornings

Screams pierced right into the reality she called life

Friends, limbs missing made her look abnormal

Laughter left the country, vowing never to return

She watched the burning figure running towards her

Collapsing before her, pleading for death

But death didn’t want him that day

He wasn’t one of the fortunate ones

She climbed into the basement seeking solace

Clutching the doll who like herself seemed to have survived in one piece

But something wasn’t right

Dolly was living a lie

She pulled one arm and one leg off

Dolly smiled

And the world became normal again.