TEDDY, I'VE BEEN BAD AGAIN,
MY MOMMY TOLD ME SO;
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I DID WRONG,
BUT I THOUGHT THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW.
WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING,
I KNEW THAT SHE WAS MAD;
CAUSE SHE WAS CRYING AWFUL HARD,
AND YELLING AT MY DAD.
I TRIED MY BEST TO BE REAL GOOD,
AND DO JUST WHAT SHE SAID;
I CLEANED MY ROOM ALL BY MYSELF,
I EVEN MADE MY BED.
BUT I SPILLED MILK ON MY GOOD SHIRT,
WHEN SHE YELLED AT ME TO HURRY;
AND I GUESS SHE DIDN'T HEAR ME,
WHEN I TOLD HER I WAS SORRY.
CAUSE SHE HIT ME AWFUL HARD, YOU SEE,
AND CALLED ME FUNNY NAMES;
AND TOLD ME I WAS REALLY BAD,
AND I SHOULD BE ASHAMED!
WHEN I SAID, "I LOVE YOU, MOMMY,"
I GUESS SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND;
CAUSE SHE YELLED AT ME TO SHUT MY MOUTH.
OR I'D GET SMACKED AGAIN.
SO I CAME UP HERE TO TALK TO YOU,
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO;
CAUSE I REALLY LOVE MY MOMMY,
AND I KNOW SHE LOVES ME TOO.
AND I DON'T THINK MY MOMMY MEANS,
TO HIT ME QUITE SO HARD;
I GUESS SOMETIMES, GROWN-UPS FORGET.
HOW REALLY BIG THEY ARE!
SO TEDDY, I WISH YOU WERE REAL,
AND YOU WEREN'T JUST A BEAR;
THEN YOU COULD HELP ME FIND A WAY.
TO TELL MOMMIES EVERY WHERE.
TO PLEASE TRY HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
HOW SAD IT MAKES US FEEL;
CAUSE THE OUTSIDE PAIN SOON GOES A WAY,
BUT THE INSIDE NEVER HEALS!
AND IF WE COULD MAKE THEM LISTEN,
MAYBE THEN THEY'D UNDERSTAND;
SO OTHER CHILDREN JUST LIKE ME,
WOULDN'T HAVE TO HURT AGAIN.
BUT FOR NOW, I GUESS I'LL HOLD YOU TIGHT,
AND PRETEND THE PAIN'S NOT THERE;
I KNOW YOU'D NEVER HURT ME,
SO GOODNIGHT, TEDDY BEAR!!
AUTHOUR- CINDY PIKE DUNNING-
THANK YOU SPIDER ANGEL FOR LETTING ME USE THIS
