In the Land Where the Bears and Tigers Sleep

In the land where the bears and tigers sleep
Rests the man whom I had once called brother,
And he climbed over his mountains so steep.

We snuck under the warm blankets so deep
To hear bedtime stories from our mother
In the land where the bears and tigers sleep.

The boy grew into a man with a leap—
He knew there were new grounds to discover,
And he climbed over his mountains so steep.

The profits of his labors he did reap,
To support his significant other,
In the land where the bears and tigers sleep.

In his life, changes continued to sweep, 
Facing one challenge after another,
And he climbed over his mountains so steep.

The pains of life have taught us all to weep,
But from worldly wounds he will recover,
In the land where the bears and tigers sleep,
And he climbed over his mountains so steep.

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August 16, 2021 at 8:29 PM
Wow! That’s a great poem, Thomas!
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August 30, 2021 at 10:24 AM
Thank you very much!
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