TEDDY

I found a teddy on the ground

Ragged, tattered and torn,

One eye missing,

Stuffing strewn across the ground

Muddy and dirty

In need of love

 

I picked him up, gingerly

Gathered his innards best as I could

Examined his rips and his wounds

Then took him home

To tend his soul

 

I had his tears sewn

Fixed back his eye

Cleaned him up

And dried him out.

Brushed his coat

Then set him down

Set him down lovingly

 

I am the teddy

Fixing myself up

Showing myself love