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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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0 posted 2011-01-17 12:07 PM


              and                         you
             were        always      there
              comforting and supporting
                a true friend to call on
                  in times of sadness
                   when it seemed as
      the          world was against          me
    you were       my only relief         from the
   harsh thing      in which we        live in my
        savior, from reality, You who I have
            abandoned, relinquished; due
               to my need to live freely
                I'm a big girl now, and
                 I have no use for you
               I can handle life wothout
         your comfort, your devotion to me, I
       was such a fool perhaps it was you who
    outgrew me when          I had lost my very
   own innocence               oh, how I miss you
   my precious,                     dear Teddybear


-Trina
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
-Bertrand Russell

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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1 posted 2011-01-17 12:14 PM


Excellence as per usual...your artisty is showing. Always a pleasure...a name to look forward to.
Lori

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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2 posted 2011-01-17 12:16 PM


Aw, You're too kind Lori.

-Trina
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
-Bertrand Russell

OwlSA
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3 posted 2011-01-17 12:58 PM


Oh, I absolutely LLLLLLLLLLLLLLOVE this!  The format is cute and gorgeous and cuddly and clever.  The content is sad, but very well done.  

I am 65 and I adore all teddies.  When I see them, and other cuddly animal toys, in a shop, I want every single one of them.  I couldn't bear to leave one behind because he or she could be lonely and feel unwanted.  Sadly I don't buy any of them as I can't buy them all.

I have Teddy Bear slippers.  I got them as a Mother's Day present from my daughter-in-law the year my horse went to Heaven (2002).  The left one is Teddy (with a T marked in ballpoint pen on his sole) and the right one is Bear (with a B on his sole).  

Previously I had rabbit slippers, called Ambi and Dextrous, but they got stolen, along with a Teddy Bear I had on my dressing table in one of the many break-ins to my house.  

The Teddy Bear was given to me by my son for Christmas many years ago when he bought one for his girl friend.

Owl

Dark Stranger
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4 posted 2011-01-17 01:00 PM


enjoyed this graphic idea ms...ok,..now your next assignment is about a duckephant..(grin)
JerryPat
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5 posted 2011-01-17 01:04 PM


You're just too darn clever for word, Trina. Artistically done and the message was one of wish to revert back to those halcyon days when it was just you and teddy against the world.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

steavenr
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6 posted 2011-01-17 03:51 PM


ahh, Trina...nice write...but can you really outgrow Teddy?  ...when my grand-daughter was born, I bought her a teddy bear that she calls Pawpaw Bear...she lives in Europe now and just turned 13 this summer when she was visiting...she still sleeps with that bear and brought it with her (even though baggage restraints were serious)...your write was fun...enjoyed
latearrival
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7 posted 2011-01-17 03:51 PM


How precious is this! I love the poem and definately the teddy Bear. latearrival
ethome
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8 posted 2011-01-17 04:09 PM


Aw c'mon you still have one you take to bed with you just to cuddle.
Be honest!

Baby let me be,
your lovin' Teddy Bear
Put a chain around my neck,
and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be
Your teddy bear.

I don't wanna be a tiger
Cause tigers play too rough
I don't wanna be a lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind
you love enough.
Just wanna be, your Teddy Bear
Put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be
Your teddy bear.

Baby let me be, around you every night
Run your fingers through my hair,
And cuddle me real tight


This is very clever and I love the baby to maturity up front theme. But that stuff in behind makes me think you might be hiding something.

Eric

Love does not look after it's own interests.

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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Posts 1105
Watertown, NY
9 posted 2011-01-17 05:44 PM


LoL all of the Teddy Bears? Well, I guess you wouldn't need any bad or pillows Thanx Owl

haha Thanx Dark

Ah, How happy would I be? If only I could Jerry, Thanx.

Aww thats cute, But I have long outgrown the teddy bear. Thanx Steavenr

Thanx LateA!

LoL A Bear? No. But I have TONS of pillows. Hiding something? There was never anything in my teddy! That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ha. Is that a song? Love it. Thanx Eric.

-Trina
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
-Bertrand Russell

ethome
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New Brunswick Canada
10 posted 2011-01-18 06:02 PM


Yep, it's an old Elvis Presley song.

Eric

two maggots were fighting in dead earnest!

OwlSA
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Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
11 posted 2011-01-18 07:38 PM


Yes, it was a song, and I can hear every word, especially that lovely growly part "your teddy bear"!  Thanks for that Eric.

Trina, I couldn't possibly use any teddy bear for a pillow.  It would be painful for a teddy bear to have a big human head pressed into his tummy.  

It was such a pleasure to re-read your poem and see your adorable teddy bear again.

Owl

faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA
12 posted 2011-01-18 08:27 PM


love what you did with this poem...very cool

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

CocoBaci
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Posts 3043

13 posted 2011-06-26 09:57 PM


Spectacular!  Psst.. I still have my childhood teddy and I've kept my daughter's first teddy too...   ~Coco~
JamesMichael
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14 posted 2011-07-01 07:08 PM


Nice...James
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