Dark silent perplexing bears enter my dreams
appearing out of the shadows in hunter green
forests as late afternoon sunlight slants through
upright firs and pines onto a rich brown path I
follow deep into a mysterious woods. Sometimes
I watch them from a cautious distance, shaking
with fear in the underbrush. Sometimes I shoot
at them, always missing the vitals, inciting
their vicious attack. I flee in terror yet all
the while marveling at their power, always aware
of their difference and my vulnerability, always
amazed by their secret existence I stumble across.
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