"Goodbye Teddy Bear"

High on a shelf somewhere in your room,
a teddy bear sits put away too soon,
sitting and staring far off into space
dreaming of times he held special place.
he remembers when you would stay up all night,
holding him so close when you turned out the light,
and when you cried your tears lost in loneliness,
it was he who understood better than the rest.

Whenever you were hurting far deep inside
even you didn't know the reasons you cried,
he knew the dreams of a saddened heart,
and always was there when yours fell apart.
Sometimes he would kiss you softly as you slept,
all your little secrets he loyally kept,
he watched over you in the midst of your dream,
and comforted you when in nightmares you'd scream.

He was always there to listen and hear,
when Mommy and Daddy could not lend an ear,
and when you fell in love he quietly wept,
because he knew that someday soon you would forget.
And he'd be placed on the shelf where he now stays,
only to be noticed on sad rainy days,
and it makes me weep, for it's me that's up there,
no longer needed or loved, goodbye teddy bear.