I walk the woods in comfort
Enjoying the fresh air and tall pines
A river runs close
Clean and clear and fresh
I have no fear of creatures about
It is they who are wary of me
As I approach the river I must stop in my step
A Grizzly is there to drink
A Bear so huge that looks like a teddy
Soft and beautiful this big brown Bear
He is massive, his paws the size of my head
But I am not afraid
I respect the distance I must keep
I know that I am in his home
I quietly move to a comfy place to sit
And I watch him as he jumps into the river
So carefree and wild this giant teddy
He is soaked and diving yet again for a fish
He is hungry, but I am safe
It's not me he wants
Just some berries and fish are on his menu
I watch him with love and care
For who knows if he will be here tomorrow
Some ignorant hunter may have him in his trap
His beauty and softness gone
His wild carefree self forever wiped from the earth
This Grizzly's right to live vanished with his life
I walk away from him with tears in my eyes
For this wild place will be gone soon too
The creatures that abide here ran out or killed
For this space of empty houses and roads
I cry for the Bear that will loose his home
And so much more
People refuse to listen to reason
All that matters is their own progress and needs
As I head back to the cities of waste
I promise to remember the Grizzly
Through me he will live on