The Bear Den

Here is the piece that inspired the naming of this space...
(December 2009)

Welcome to the bear den
Said the man with the broken eyes
and scruffy beard.
Here is a place where your dreams are barren
Here is a place where your thoughts are not your own.
Empty your mind of the places you’ve been
Empty your soul of the lives you’ve created.

Welcome to the bear den
Said the man with the broken eyes
and he smiled.
Take this place and open your heart
Use these walls to beat away your art
The rock is here to destroy
to take away, to grind up and to crush
Everything you once imagined--
dusty bits of drifting dreams
Intimate thoughts believed to be
an elaborate dance of destinies,
a fine powder for one last rush

Welcome to the bear den
Said the empty man with the broken eyes
open to see.

-McSheffery