1)
Remember your teddy bear?
The one that was worn around the edges?
You took it everywhere with you
But your arms were too short to hold it off the ground
So its left foot
Dragged on the pavement
Remember the tea parties
You used to have with it?
You’d call it Miss Franchez
Or Fran for short
You would sleep with it
Because it fought the monsters
So they wouldn’t hurt you
But maybe the monsters were too big
I remember when you went outside to play
It was raining,
But you refused to leave her inside
And when I found her on the
Edge of the highway
Her frail body soaked through with water
And one perfect rain drop under
Her button eye your perfect little shoe was
Laying next to
I carry her in my purse
So that I remember you
Her one remaining eye is falling out,
And the wool in left leg
Is almost gone
But I keep her anyway
You wouldn’t have thrown
Her out
They still haven’t found you
And most people have forgotten
But I still go to the highway
Every night with Fran
And we wait for you to come back
You will come back, right?
2)
You used to carry me everywhere
And tell me stories about candy trees
And the dragon at the end of the street
We used to have tea parties
And adventures to the moon
I fought the purple monster under
Your bed
So it couldn’t take your dolly
Remember that?
I remember when we went out to play
And the big woman told
You not to bring me because
Because it was raining too hard
But you never left me
You promised you wouldn’t
But when the big man grabbed you,
You dropped me on me ground
It was cold there
Why’d you drop me?
You said it was just going to be another adventure
So why’d you leave?
But now the the big woman
Carries me around
And I see your face smiling at me
I call out to you
But you never answer
She takes me to the highway
Every day
And we wait for you to come back
You will come back, right?
3)
I remember all the adventures we had
And your soft wool
Hugging me at night
I remember the tea
You used to help me make
It was orange juice but i always
Told you it was tea
Remember the exciting stories
You would tell
About the purple monster under
My bed
But I was never really afraid.
My memories are worn around
The edges
And your button eyes
Stopped looking real
But I still wait
Because I know one day
You will find me