Introspection Bear Poems

The Sun had risen to greet the day
    and marveled at such a range of wondrous things.
Where below the warmth it brought...

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Leave Me Now
Always leaning against the sycamore
Where leaves and shadows play upon your face
Standing solitary in evenings's softened light
You touched me once
In the midst of...

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Oh lonely Inevitable Bear,
Padding claws, death in white
Sorrow in recurring nightmare
Instinct’s test; fight or flight?

Camouflage against the fence,
A challenge; my subconscious fear
Ominous slowly moving silence,
“Let...

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If one is unable to defend himself then bound to bear with that with sorrow and pain...

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I realize today it’s not my cross to bear.
I feel at odds with myself because I still care.
Some battles you win while others you lose.
You...

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Sweeping the dust and mud 
From plank floors--mending and quilting
Needles, thread, and braiding scrapes
Baking days and washing Mondays
Tubs of water, fires and aching backs
The cabin...

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To the Build-A-Bear Store
With granny in tow
Do you remember?

What was you four?
Say you remember
Only one or two

Well maybe  three
Still sitting upon
Granny's knee

When we opened
The...

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It was many and many year ago
In the kingdom of Granny you are so great
After a day of shopping, playing  on this very date

There...

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He who abides in me,
                    ...

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I awake to a numbing chill
The door stands open
The dying embers of last night's blaze
Offer no defense against Nature's winds

My fingers search for your skin
My...

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Winter's chilling blast blows through the open door
Wildly whipping the dancing flames
Your silken robe lounges languidly over the chair's arm
As it stands guard over the...

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