paper thin lies

There was once a teddy bear named Barrie.She came from a ginormous toy-making factory where many other bears were made as well.All day, the machines hummed and whined through ribbons,dresses,coats,buttons and shoes while the bears waited.

All the bears got dressed up in these pretty things before being sent out to the vast blue space.Barrie got none of those pretty things and went out to the vast blue space, feeling not quite like how she thought she'd feel. She hardly smiled because she didn't felt right to do so without any of those pretty things. Other bears won't possibly want to know someone who didn't have any pretty things, she thought.

The vast blue space became not so vast and not so blue. Bright things shone from above and she sat on the creamy white platform by the corner and watched. Just watched. Watched and dreamnt. There were some bears with pretty things who'd sometimes smile at her. Then she smiled back.

Sometimes, she wondered why she didn't feel the way she thought she'd feel. Sometimes she wondered why she cared. Sometimes she didn't care at all.

She made friends with the wall behind her. It was white and had no pretty things on as well. Things were nicer like that. To be able to blend with someone who had no pretty things as well. Barrie didn't need to think, didn't need to watch and didn't need to care. Barrie did what she was made to do.