A Stone In the Cold 6th Verse

Ahead, a bear in sudden motion stands Moves alone in the snow covered meadow And searched with darting eyes as each commands Pawning and bellowing on the plateau Beyond the rise a hunter stands, silent Already pulled his arrow from quiver Hickory bow hand made is reliant To target an arrow it delivers As piercing the chest was a shot of luck Collasping its lungs as life is expelled His journey ends when the stiff arrow struck Fresh food to the hunter whose aim excelled Predator and prey to one another Gives life to one and death to the other for the contest Hunt for a Sonnet Gems & Seven Stones in the Crown sponsored by Debbie Guzzi