Bear’s Creative Writing
“Elegy for a Lost Soul”
This was written instantly after the last time I ever spoke with my adoptive son. At the time, he was still alive, but had chosen the path of destruction over redemption. He passed away five months later.
This poem is a farewell, an explosion of anger and grief, and a expression of love that never stopped.
“I See You”
This was written based on a F(r)iction prompt for my adoptive son, Riku, during a time when he was starting to believe he could be loved.
It made him cry, and he asked me, “How do you see this?”
I told him, “Because you showed me.”
This is a letter to him, but it’s also for anyone who’s ever felt like too much and not enough at the same time. You are seen. You are loved.
“The Bear Forge”
This story is a metaphor for love.
I wrote it for my adoptive son, Riku, some time after we met, when our connection was still fragile but filled with potential. The Bear Forge imagines a world where love is an act of co-creation: slow, intentional, sometimes volatile, and always worth the effort.
It made him feel things. I hope it does the same for you.