That worn, stuffed bear you hide - <br />have not quite thrown away <br /> <br />is more than your childhood <br />seen through rose-tinted time - <br /> <br />toys that speak, <br />toys that are talked to, <br />toys that simply listen <br /> <br />are the mediators between <br />the wisdom of the animal world <br />which shares with us, a heart <br /> <br />animals who live a blessed life <br />only in the present now, <br /> <br />and the wisdom that children bring <br />from the heaven that lies all about us <br />in our infancy, as the poet said; <br /> <br />toys are reflectors of our self <br />that remembered what's our self; <br />that remember what's our self.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-wisdom-of-toys/