this teddy's life

as an exercise, i was asked to bring an inanimate object to life in a poem. this is what i came up with.

i was created on a conveyor belt

standard edition -- no defects, but

cold and alone

with nothing

but the whirring of machinery around me

i looked for comfort from the other teddys around me

but their eyes

were empty and glazed over

they had resigned themselves to their fate

i was just like the rest of them

until you found me

you hug life into me

kiss love into me

i am reborm

your one and only teddy

when we're together, the world is sweeter

i couldn't be happier

we live this way for a while

then you start to leave me

alone

at first for school

but after a while

you dont

even

remember

our play time

soon you don't 

even

remember

i exist 

i am put away with the other toys

they tell me how you 

once 

played with them

loved them

i thought i was special

i thought you loved me

but i guess this is my fate

you love life into me

and then you neglect death unto me

i'm happy we spent so much 

time

together

but

i'm not quite

ready

to 

resign

myself

over to fate

quite 

yet ... 

where did yo go?