David Brown Poet Free verse

Chased the Bear

Two summers passed, eight seasons gone,
since last I chased the bear;
I've dared not cross that bridge again
for fear he would be there

A final show of courage
or a silent cry of pain,
I cannot say what made me run
or whether I was sane

I only knew I'd stand between another
and a bear; though I cannot say, in truth
they ever knew the bear was there

They were chasing rays and rainbows,
they were chasing 'way their past,
they were chasing shots of poison
from a flask that couldn't last

Perhaps I thought that if I caught
the bear, he'd eat me first;
but that would just have made more time,
for them to quench their thirst

See, the bear was just a metaphor
and metaphors don't kill,
but chasing bears and poison
to put it plainly, always will

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