Blue Ted Corner

Blue Ted Corner

By Marshal Gebbie

 

A sadness has come over me

As I pass this corner bye,

A junction on the highway,

In a lonely cobalt sky.

A sodden pale blue teddy bear

Stands pinioned to a cross

And the glassy glint in teddy’s eyes

Transfix a sense of loss.

 

The traffic whizzes past this point

Most people fail to see

The sadness manifested

In his glassy stare at me.

The sadness of a lost young soul

Who failed to take the bend,

Who with his motor cycle crash

Did meet his Maker’s end.

 

I know not why he died so young,

I know not why he sped.

But know I do, the child like love

He felt for his blue Ted.

The sadness of a pale blue Ted

When pinioned to a cross

Stands sodden on a lonely road

Invoking sense of loss.

 

Marshalg

At Blue Ted Corner

Highway 20

Taranaki

14 August 2012

 

Reviews

[Marie]

How very sad...a fitting memorial...both the teddy bear and yours...

[Marshal Gebbie]

Something incredibly poignant about that ragged, little blue teddy.
It grabs me every time I pass.
Had to write about that feeling.

[Marie]

I've seen many such remembrances...always too late...