My Old Teddy bear, Long Gone.

Old Teddy Bear long gone

I had a teddy bear 

with just one eye

and loose spots where 

stuffing had fallen out,

re-hand stitched in

primitive kid's style

with mis-colored threads

nose button dented and scraped

but oh, how I cherished 

that beastly toy

fascinated each morning at how 

when I would snuggle in bed 

with it each night

without fail each morning 

it would be halfway across 

the room as if it had

gotten up to play 

with all my other toys

this was truly a belief 

of mine long before

toy story made it 

into a popular concept

this perfect companion 

was most lovingly

given to me by my 

Great Grandma Mom-mo <3 <3

at the age of three 

and I loved it until

somewhere around age twelve 

when it disappeared

never too be found, 

perhaps adult-napped 

by my parents

who felt me better 

off without it

in a rush to grown-up ways 

back in my childhood days

but I know that somewhere 

in a landfill far from my 

present home now

it gazes up with one eye 

through the flotsam 

of yesterdays discarded joys

deep beneath layers 

of time collected

hoping to see me again 

with that same love in my eyes

sparked by that 

memory driven urge to

clean it all up and

make it whole

lovingly stitch it back 

together again

so that we could both 

simply, sweetly

hold my youth again 

as more than  

just  a dream...........