The Bears Are In The Woods

The Bears are in the woods my love,
In silken black and velvet fur,
Now wand'ring through the palest light
The moon and all her stars confer.

I dare not open up this door.
Pray keep the shutters fast'ed tight,
For once I gazed upon them there,
When young and out on such a night

But what is this that greets my eye,
My room doth fade from earthly sense
And in it's place this woodland plain
So misted green, so dark, so dense

How can it be that I now stand
Within the deepest woods unknown
Far from the home I thought as safe
And cast into this place alone

But what comes near this curs'ed ground.
What spirit down this path comes hence.
And crashes now before my eyes
To penetrate my mind's defence

Beyond the trees a flash of light
As light'ning from a cloudless sky
A bolt as from the hellish fire
That darts from out the big bear's eye

With berries dripping from his jaw
See how the bear upon them dines,
And caref'lly fixed within his gaze
I feel he reads between my lines

This giant towers o'er my frame
Absorbing ev'ry part of me
Amid the swirling leaves I sense
That I am lost and am now he

With sudden speed, a deadly change
I fear I'll not see one more day,
And calling to my angel now
I see he turns his face away

I cannot breathe for fear comes nigh
To suck away my soul somehow
But wait... I see this deadly sight
Appears to be familiar now

And all within my heart is still
I have no fear, to run, to cry
For I've become this mighty beast
To see now through the embered eye

I cannot find the long way back
As thought and mem'ry disappear
I'll stay unseen and roam with bears
Invisible, but always here

And in the deepest darkest woods
When storms do rage, then know the fear
Above the wind, the roar of bears
And pray it's not your name you hear.