Looking down at everyone else
with eyes that seem to dim then glow,
with knowledge only you can know
fragile self that's just like glass
covered with a painted mask
never seeing her own face
aging with her charmless grace
China doll upon the shelf
what is there
within yourself
not too deep but not too far
you're wishing on a shooting star
for things to come
or things to be
things that only doll eyes see
to hope, to dream, to stand and say
tomorrow will be what it may
but still you sit upon the shelf
just sitting......watching everyone else