The boy and one the eyed teddy bear

Poor little boy, hope you like it though.

Unwanted, mistake child
He just wants a place called Home
He wonders why he is in foster care
With no one to love
He does not know what it feels like to be cared about
He is small for he age, only fourteen
With a heart bigger than the full moon
He picks people up when they are down
The little boy just wants to buy a toy from town
No one is there to take him around
He does not know why his pain,
amuses people
Everyone laughs and throws rocks at his head
He cares too much to let anything go
He shows his feelings but no one listens
His only friend is a one eyed teddy bear
He thinks family and friends are unfair
He never knew his parents when they where alive
Every girl in foster care is getting a new house
With a married father and spouse
He is tiny, and confused about his feelings
When he tried to hold another boys hand
That boy kicked him until he had a bloody nose
The ruined old place had no tissues
He had to fix his nose and bloody pain with his ripped shirt
No one ever talks to him
Even when he tries to help people clean up
The foster care workers use him
While they look away when other kids abuse him
The lonely little boy does not know what it means to be alright
In his rotted bed he stares out the cracked window
While he thinks,
without his one eyed teddy bear
he is nothing
He ponders everyday only four more years living with fear.

Reviews

[Cassie316]

I really like how you used the one eyed bear as a symbol of identity for the boy. It's a really good metaphor. (which is what I got if that's not what you meant.) Great picture too. I find though that at the end you underestimate the damage done to foster care kids, he probably does want to get our of foster care, but he will probably still be confused and emotionally messed up when he does. I don't think he truly will be free from it when he is 18. Pain takes time to heal. But all in all I like it! great poem, it didn't even have to rhyme and I enjoyed it =)

[Jeff]

What an incredibly sad tale. You captured the feelings of this little boy perfectly.

[Moth Phoenix]

Awww this is such an emotional poem, but its great!!! :D