A/N An elegy. We read "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman and wrote our own elegies mourning the loss of something we hold dear. Purple Bear is a stuffed bear I have had as long as I can remember. She is small and, of course, purple. I wrote about losing her in a house fire. My house never burned down, and I still have Purple Bear.

My Purple Bear, my best friend

We've spent hours having fun

Riding trikes

Our Little Tikes

But now the flames are high

Red and orange, why'd you ahve to die

My Purple Bear, my best friend

You helped me sleep at night

You helped me brave the stormes

You watched the movies

But now the flames are high

Red and orange, why's you have to die

My Purple Bear, my best friend

She does not emerge

Childhood was such a breeze

A bond for us had formed

The flames have died

Purple Bear is gone

I am all alone