Amber and Big Bear -- Part One

Poetic Narrative

Amber was beautiful of course and he was a big bear,

softer than hard, but harder than soft.

They met in a forest, much like Little Red

and her Wolf. But: Amber was not all that naive

and her Bear was not a wolf.

Of course not, for their story was perfect,

right from the start; there was no comparison

to any other sleep time stories.

Amber used to walk alone in the woods. None

ever warned her about a wolf, or a bear for that matter.

She was part of the meadows and part of the mountains,

just as the river was part of the heights and the slopes 

and the the valleys waiting for its rush.

Big Bear was simply not in the picture

before the story began. For, as all stories begin,

it all began at the beginning.

Author's Note

And so it all began ...