Rabbit

Rabbit was there from day one

Day one that came a little too early for tiny twins and their first time mum

Rabbit was there from day one

Held in sticky hands

Held close, held tight

Rabbit always fitted in my hand just right

Rabbit used to be pink but is now is faded to dirty grey

Eyes are wide set and nose is almost rubbed away

Like the tail...

No soft white fluff

More like a stump

The only softness is in the ears

Mouth downturned as if about to burst into tears

Quite possibly Rabbit was ugly even when he was new

But it’s never mattered because love rose-tints my view

He is beautiful to me

She is beautiful to me

Never could decide if Rabbit was a he or a she

Just Rabbit will do

Just Rabbit will do

Rabbit had a friend called Rump Rump

Who must have been lying on his trunk

Because it always bent to the right

And Rump Rump was always held tight

In another girl’s hand

As the two played in the sand

And went on adventures

But there was nowhere that they’d venture

Without their little friends

 On beaches and in cars and on walks and in tents

I’ve said before they weren’t the best looking pair

But the twins never seemed to care

The best thing about them was their size

and though i’m now twenty five

Rabbit still fits just right, just right

and i hold Rabbit tight

when i’m alone at night

or not feeling quite right

Because Rabbit has seen me through the thick and the thin

Rabbit was there from the beginning

Rabbit puts up with my snores and my tears

Rabbit’s seen me grow up over the years

Rabbit knows the way I curl up to go to sleep

Rabbit’s heard my dreaming

And Rabbit made friends with Sheep

And Panda, and Pig and now finally a Boy!

At last there’s a person in my bed instead of toys

But there’s still room for Rabbit

Because Rabbit’s just the right size

To stay by my side

Tucked into my hand

And the Boy understands

Because watching over us from the chair

Is his old friend

Called Bear