He can hear them down the hall again <br />Angry sounds through the wall again <br />Broken plates of white and cream <br />A broken family and broken dream <br />But his tears are not like theirs <br />Final notices and stuffed bears <br />Mum and Dad are not the same <br />Full of hate and full of blame <br />They spiral through eternal shame <br />Without a dollar to their name <br />How easy hearts and paper tears <br />Overdues and stuffed bears <br />He cries on the walk home from school <br />Kids these days can be so cruel <br />They laugh at the clothes he wears <br />Worn out shoes and stuffed bears <br />The suns sets on another sad day <br />His father stares with nothing to say <br />He says nothing but he knows he cares <br />Because of his smile and his stuffed bears.<br /><br />Andrew Bell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stuffed-bears/
