He found it in a box of things of days gone by Took it out and loved it though it was old and missing an eye He took it to his bedroom and tucked it into bed He gave it his favorite pillow to rest its weary head When I tucked him and saw my oldest childhood friend I was torn inside of memories of days that had to end I took it from its resting place and hugged it to my heart Tattered and ragged I tried my best to fix its broken parts A new eye and some sutures, fixing all its wounds of old I tucked it back inside the sheets so it wouldn't feel the cold When he awakened in the morn, he came running in to me Holding up the teddy bear who was fixed miraculously I told him that it was my very best buddy when I was a child And asked if I could hold it once, for just a little while I told him how his eye was lost thanks to a neighbors dog And how I dragged him through the woods chasing hopping frogs And then he said how he was fixed all like magic overnight And I said that's because he found a friend to hold him tight So now he has my bestest bud from seeming eons past And he was healed in loving arms of a new friend meant to last