The Polar Bear Who Loved Strawberries Poem by Lalithashree Ganesh

She was just a baby,
when
He found Her...
perhaps
it was Her smile
that kept Him alive,
through the freeze...

when everything got warmer,
playing and running...
on icy sheets... forgetting time -
SKID...CATCH...WET

Time glided by -
Unknowingly.

as They walked,
toward the brown earth.

away from the white, blue cold...
into strawberry country,
where She ran
into sweet colour,
for the very first time...

among red, green and blue
Drenched
in a strawberry dream - for real...

munching deep red fruits,
with Her happy Friend.

When suddenly, a voice was heard
Deep within...
'Time to come back home, Baby Polar...'

Baby Polar bid adieu...
to the man She saved.

and walked back home,
with jars full of sweet surprise
for Her Mamma and Pa.

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