I was there
When she cried
I sat there
Just holding her
When she screamed
I froze
I didn't know how to handle her unravel
I didn't know how to sew her back together
For you see
My own thread was worn
My own stitches were coming apart
From years of too-tight hugs
My button eyes coming undone
From all the pain I've seen you go through
My ratty fur matted wet from tears
You dried on my corduroy skin
I still feel it
The bite marks on the back of my head
from where you clenched your jaw so hard around my nylon flesh
You screamed into my stuffed brain so loud
you reverberated my neurons of synthetic polyester cotton mix
The best thing about being your teddy bear
Was being there for you
Making you happy when you cried
Laugh when you were down
You thought I was a Russian bear warrior,
You named my Mishka
It was coolest thing ever
You thought I was invincible
Until you grew up.
You stopped having me around as often
You grew up as I wore down
Your problems where not tears I could wipe away
My stitched smile could not spread to your face anymore
My button eyes, the ones once so polished that they gleamed,
Now dull and scratched
You threw me when you were angry
Squeezed me when you sobbed
Locked me up in closets
Hid your childish joy from sight
I guess that's the thing about being your childhood best friend.
I only lasted in your childhood
Nov 25, 2015
Nov 25, 2015 at 5:26 PM UTC
I was there
When she cried
I sat there
Just holding her
When she screamed
I froze
I didn't know how to handle her unravel
I didn't know how to sew her back together
For you see
My own thread was worn
My own stitches were coming apart
From years of too-tight hugs
My button eyes coming undone
From all the pain I've seen you go through
My ratty fur matted wet from tears
You dried on my corduroy skin
I still feel it
The bite marks on the back of my head
from where you clenched your jaw so hard around my nylon flesh
You screamed into my stuffed brain so loud
you reverberated my neurons of synthetic polyester cotton mix
The best thing about being your teddy bear
Was being there for you
Making you happy when you cried
Laugh when you were down
You thought I was a Russian bear warrior,
You named my Mishka
It was coolest thing ever
You thought I was invincible
Until you grew up.
You stopped having me around as often
You grew up as I wore down
Your problems where not tears I could wipe away
My stitched smile could not spread to your face anymore
My button eyes, the ones once so polished that they gleamed,
Now dull and scratched
You threw me when you were angry
Squeezed me when you sobbed
Locked me up in closets
Hid your childish joy from sight
I guess that's the thing about being your childhood best friend.
I only lasted in your childhood
