Little Soldiers Toys

The little Star wars figure is covered in mud,but sturdy and staunch he stands. A Hot wheels car covered by rust ,still runs with all it's wheels. Plastic Army soldiers bathed in the blackened earth, till scrubbed clean.green. Time was when these toys were new; hot wheel shiny metallic blue . Of innocence he touched, loved and knew. Afternoon battles with cousins and friends ,Covered in peanut butter crackers and jam. Playing in the garden of grass,rock and dirt ; toys got buried ,left in the dark. Until time and weathered long lost friends reappeared. Magically sniffed and dug up by Pippy , our beagle pup We took in that first year , you left to join up . The treasures she'd find and placed in my hand, filled my heart when I was sad, and I believed She comforted me ,knowing you'd return from war someday ....