She has her teddy bear
tight in her grip
it takes away the pain
every kind; including
all the bad dreams
and her now broken heart
if tears never dried
that bear'd be soaked
along with her cheeks
she may be growing
older each day
but she keeps
that teddy bear
to be a reminder
of the pain she's had
and the pain to come
It's there if she needs it
and one day maybe
she'll give it away
to another little girl
with just the same pain