Sleeping Bear

Posted on by Peggy Alaniz

Silently she sleeps

In restful bliss

Along Lake Michigan’s shore

Dreaming of days past

Some happy others sad

When her family lived

A momma bear

Two playful cubs

Swimming

Shoreline in sight

A game of tag begins

Rush of water

Too tired

Too young

Sinking fast

Mother’s intuition

Followed by panic

No cubs near

She searches desperately

Gone from her sight for only a moment

Never to be seen breathing again

Her cries are now wind

Pitiful   mournful

 She lays along the shore

In eternal slumber

She waits for her island cubs

The promise of someday in her heart

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Published by Peggy Alaniz

Peggy A Alaniz is a graduate of Naropa University with an MFA in Writing and Poetics, with a BA in History from Hillsdale College. She likes to travel, enjoys food and different types of beverages along with the occasional ghost story. You can find her work published in Crazy Wisdom Journal out of Ann Arbor Michigan as well as in Chicken Soup for the Soul's compilation "My Wacky Wonderful Family."