The Forgotten Toys

Looking at you with your mouth sewn on
I wish mine could be the same
Your plastic eyes, unseeing and innocent
The one who never takes the blame

You've been with me for all my life
A symbol of when I was as dumb
Unable to speak to say hurtful things
Only opening my mouth for my thumb

If only my mouth were sewn on like yours
I couldn't say anything to hurt
If only I were just fur and fluff
With no heart to have dragged through the dirt

My eyes see all, they aren't plastic
My mouth opens wide, and it speaks
My arms aren't stretched in an endless hug
And my heart isn't fluff, it beats


Cassandra Bourgeois.