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Nearly Four
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For anyone thinking about people who are no longer around today (you know who you are)
Having a thoughtful afternoon. Nothing more.
Nearly Four - Captain Beaky
A teddy bear sits on a mattress
One glass eye and threadbare paw
Looking at a cuckoo clock
Which shows it's ten to four
Four o'clock is teddy's teatime
Lots of friends and fancy cake
Although it's only pretend eating
Oh how long ten minutes take
Shadows grow on distant hillsides
Orange sun on glassy sea
All in his amber eye reflected
And still ten minutes left 'til tea
The mattress, striped, is old and broken
Rusty springs through stuffing show
The cuckoo clock is also broken
But how's a teddy supposed to know?
Unaware he's been discarded
That this is not the nursery cot
The hills and sea just glass, old papers
On a disused rubbish plot
A telephone that no one answers
Empty tins that once held tea
The clock that still says nearly teatime
Where can all the children be?
For ages now he's lain unwanted
Saluting with his threadbare paw
He'll never know he's been abandoned
'Til the clock reads after four
Don't tell him that the clock is broken
For as long as teddy doesn't know
It'll always soon be teatime
As it was so long ago
Feel free to take a moment and think of anyone you'd like to share today with.
Having a thoughtful afternoon. Nothing more.
Nearly Four - Captain Beaky
A teddy bear sits on a mattress
One glass eye and threadbare paw
Looking at a cuckoo clock
Which shows it's ten to four
Four o'clock is teddy's teatime
Lots of friends and fancy cake
Although it's only pretend eating
Oh how long ten minutes take
Shadows grow on distant hillsides
Orange sun on glassy sea
All in his amber eye reflected
And still ten minutes left 'til tea
The mattress, striped, is old and broken
Rusty springs through stuffing show
The cuckoo clock is also broken
But how's a teddy supposed to know?
Unaware he's been discarded
That this is not the nursery cot
The hills and sea just glass, old papers
On a disused rubbish plot
A telephone that no one answers
Empty tins that once held tea
The clock that still says nearly teatime
Where can all the children be?
For ages now he's lain unwanted
Saluting with his threadbare paw
He'll never know he's been abandoned
'Til the clock reads after four
Don't tell him that the clock is broken
For as long as teddy doesn't know
It'll always soon be teatime
As it was so long ago
Feel free to take a moment and think of anyone you'd like to share today with.
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What a lovely poem to share. Whoever this is meant for is very lucky to have such a thoughtful friend as you.
(Giving this thread a little bump so as he/she sees this)If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants ~ Isaac Newton0 -
What a beautiful poem and how thoughtful of you to share it.
It clearly means a great deal to you and I can understand how it would. It has started me thinking now.
Thank you
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Thank you so much.The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.0
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That is a really beautiful poem
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That is such a nice poem, I've put it on my facebook and soooo many people are now sharing memories of their childhood bears 0
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I'm crying now such a lovely poem.Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 no. 15 £0/69490
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