Remnant
There lay a Bear, his swaying fur, his blank stare
Down by my feet
Which have seen no dryness or showering sun
This remnant
This shade of a carcass
That looming presence of a fading power
Demanding respect through his soothing intensity
Paws tucked away behind his shadow
A place for all your troubles
This world's misery
All engulfed within his husky prestige
And beneath his smothering roar
This fur
By my feet
Aside my shadow
The fire calms it with tender caresses
As it mourns its loss
This fur, an echo of a behemoth’s greatness
His blood drenched paws
His bellowing roar
His guilty eyes
His ready shoulders
Tis a shame
We never knew.
© Samir Georges
2006
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