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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”
one again you succeeded in empowering me… thank you…..
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.
Beautifully done wows!!!
u had me looking at that bear to see if it was actually made with rice and chicken and just shaped as a bear
@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.
a vision of hope in a teddy….
Love the image and the power within your words!
PLL to you too!!