Silent Teddy

From the corner of the bed,

I watched everything;

They call me Silent Teddy;

I can't speak, but I remember;

She got me at the carnival;

He handed me to her and said,

I love you;

I sat on the pillow and

I never moved;

She held me every night, he didn't stay;

I felt her breath slow down;

I heard her whisper things she never said out loud;

They were beautiful, they were a movie;

And I was just something soft to hold on to;

Silent teddy, about you, about me;

About staying, about leaving, about loving or not;

Silent teddy, I can't say a word;

But I keep everything you forgot;

Then he stopped coming home;

She threw something at the wall;

I fell on the floor and

I stayed there;

She packed his things in a box;

She picked me up one last time;

Her tears wet my fur;

And then she put me away;

They were beautiful, they were a movie;

And I was still soft;

But nobody helped me;

Silent teddy;

About you;

About me;

About staying;

About leaving;

About loving;

Or not;

Silent teddy;

I can't say a word;

But I keep everything;

You forgot;

Sometimes she takes me out from the dark;

She holds me so tight,

I can feel her falling apart;

And I try so hard to speak;

But I'm just cotton and thread;

And the silence is all I can keep;

Silent teddy about you, about me;

About staying, about leaving, about loving or not;

Silent, tight, I can't say a word;

But I keep everything;

Was their first gift;

I am their last witness;

Always in the corner;

Always silent;