Patched Duck

From when I was 5, he’s been there,
Swimming in the bath tub with me.
others come and go,
yet he’s kept,
never ages in my memory.
I never will I get rid of him,
even when I don’t visit the tub.
He’s my guardian in the bathtub,
Even when sharks lurk in the shadows.
He never swims away.
He is my patched duck and
I hope he’ll stay that way forever