GEMS IN PORCELAIN

The disappointment in the gems
Set in porcelain pale flesh
Cuts deep into my insecurities

Angry eyes reproach
The fresh breaks
That by my own hand
Spread on white

But those angry eyes
Lost all right to question
They looked away
And never looked back

The gems lost all glow
The sparkling sheen
Turned to darkest lead
Then they left
And never returned
They left, HE left
Never to return