confidant

rumpled and wrinkled
tattered and torn
with glass eyes you've seen
every tear shed
and sung me to sleep
as I clung for dear life
and never once judged
all my failings
hugged almost thin
weathered, careworn
as recompense
I've made repairs
resewn your ear
where the kitten had chewed
cleaned your countenance
smudged still
with remnants of nail polish
spilled years ago
a birthmark
I think
that I made you
my close confidant
you've kept every secret
listened to woes
repeated too frequent
your compatriots
have come and gone
but with life's blows
I return to you again
Bo the bear
ever dear
forever here
forever you'll remain