Buttons out of Her Eyes ~By CordieB.

August 14, 2008 at 4:39 pm · Filed under Observations and tagged: Abuse, comfort, insecurities, insecurity, lonliness, Love, neglect, relationships, sadness, Security, security blanket, teddy bear

 
Old Teddy Bear by Jambalaya on deviant

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She often felt like a soft cuddly teddy bear;

Whose affection was always at his avail;

Yet tossed to the side when the need was not there;

Into the future she stared, hoping love would prevail.

But the prospect of new toys always gave him a thrill;
So love was neglected from obscurities;
Thus she often lay alone in a corner awaiting his will;
During his unstable moments of false insecurities.

The teddy bear had been used for comfort so long;
Her fur became matted; her filling almost gone;
But through self love and God’s grace she reversed her early demise;
By refusing to allow buttons to be made from her eyes.

~By CordieB – dedicated to all the teddybears out there.  Don’t allow anyone to make buttons out of your eyes . . . You’ll need your vision to see reality!

This one was inspired by Paisley and poefusions tuesday title prompt , which was a line from one of Gregory Corso’s poem, The Mad Yak- “They want to make buttons out of my bones” 

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7 Comments

• At 2008.08.14 19:48, paisley said:
  

  one again you succeeded in empowering me… thank you…..

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• At 2008.08.14 19:48, Michelle Johnson said:
  

  Welcome to Poefusion, CordieB. I love your poem as I am reminded of my childhood teddy bear that I couldn’t part with, even now. I don’t carry him around everywhere but, I did keep him and put him in a safe place so I could take him out from time to time. And, no buttons were made from his eyes. We had to stitch him a few times though. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Have a nice night.

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• At 2008.08.15 02:57, SanityFound said:
  

  Beautifully done wows!!!

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• At 2008.08.15 10:19, rawdawgbuffalo said:
  

  u had me looking at that bear to see if it was actually made with rice and chicken and just shaped as a bear

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• At 2008.08.15 14:40, cordieb said:
  

  @Paisley. Thanks kindred sis. PLL, CordieB

  @SF. Thanks Lil sis. PLL, CordieB.

  @Michelle Johnson. Welcome. Again, thanks for creating the prompts. They sound like fun; I look forward to doing more. Do come again. Peace, Light and Love, CordieB.

  @Rawdawgbuffalo. Raw, are you half sleep or have you been smoking dawg food again? lol. Just kidding. Peace, light and love . . .CordieB.

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• At 2008.08.15 19:27, pieceofpie said:
  

  a vision of hope in a teddy….

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• At 2008.08.17 10:43, gypsy-heart said:
  

  Love the image and the power within your words!

  PLL to you too!!

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