Bear on the Shelf

There once was a bear Who was loved for his shoes To a girl he was gifted Just her cuddly muse On a once rainy day With a shelter required The brolly was shaken To it's cover retired Then a browse through the store With her eyes shining bright The gloss of his footwear Caught a beam of the light A flash and a sparkle Was all that it took So a friendship was forged That no force could unhook As they travelled together Through the sun and the rain Their companionship moulded By life's tough terrain So the girl became woman Then a grandma and such.. The bear became gifted And was loved, not so much Then one day, for some reason His world became dark In the silence he longed For the girl and her spark After years it seemed, waiting One day it occurred There was light and a voice Of encouraging word "I love him", she said And he knew it was true Despite fur slightly flattened Or less sparkly shoe He remembered way back To the dusty old shop Once that love lives inside you It's a heart that won't stop