From the upcoming book Let Fly the Arrow. In the story of Snow White & Rose Red, the two children find a bear dying in the winter cold, and bring it into their house. They nurse it back to health, and find the bear is an enchanted prince. Having been a bear, and a prince, I understood the story.

I have to say, I look back at my years of enchantment, and find the kingdom I grew up in gone, and claw marks ravaged many I encountered. Perhaps I will have the time to try to undo some of the damage.

Let Fly the Arrow is my upcoming book of poems from Long Sky Media. You can find my companion book of stories, Draw Back the Bow, on Apple Books and Kindle.