Two bears were so in love
Tasted the best of honey
They slept together in this cave
Body huddled close to body
Which almost looked like one giant bear
And they raised two beautiful cubs
They had beautiful brown fur
The kind you’d like to tussle
But being bears
You really wouldn’t want to do that

Men came one day
Carrying what looked like
Big brown and silver tipped sticks
They wore bright orange vests and hats
Seemed almost comically from bears eyes
far from humor

The men’s eyes rested on the bears
First they seemed amazed at this sight
Then they raised their sticks to their heads
Pointed them at the bears
Almost as if to say,
“I’ve been looking for you.”

Loud bursts in the forest
Made birds flee from their nests
The bears ran
Multiple beads cutting through fur
Through flesh
Made them pour out red
Confusion and fear

The two cubs quickly fell
Then the female
The male bear ran
Exhaustion covered up with scars
He crawled back into his cave
Tried to sleep but he was cold and scared

So he told himself
I’m going to sleep for months, years
Perhaps a lifetime
Because I’ve seen what this world brings
So,
He slept