More Than An Animal--A Man

[Culled from a short story by Heather McDermott]

As the man awoke, he made a growling noise like a bear.
This made me want to hide myself more.

More than an Animal

This man made me
This man awoke me
He made me myself
He made me want a man

The only men they had encountered were evil.

He made me bear myself more
This made me want to bear more
Made me bear the man
This man to me as a bear

This was more than an Animal. It was a Man.

This man awoke like a bear
Growling like a bear
A growling man made a noise like a bear
Made me hide

(The only evil they had encountered were men)

He made a growling noise like a bear
This made me want to hide
Hide this bear
Hide this man
Hide myself

A Man

How would I react face-to-face with a creature that I did not know?
Then again, how would he react towards me?