Pulsar Colony - Why You Shouldn't Feed Bears

Standing over the carcass
Snapping jaws, foaming mouth
Letting me know
I’m in its territory
I step forward
The bear steps away
Turns around
Makes sure I’m following
Faint light creeps through the curtains
Giving hints of the features
I can see the outline
Of the ghost in the room
I can smell its history
Of greed and deception
This is what
I was hoping for
The blood trickling
Out of your dead nose
Your jewels will rust
The floor beneath you will decay
The plague is hidden at the center
Of the feast you consumed
And now its time
To feed the animals
Stick your hand out
So the bear can drag you along
I’m just as
Hungry as you
Starving for the truth
All I see in it
Is disease and death
I grasp and hug every scrap
You have created
An existential problem
You’re the inverted face
I see in the shadows at night
I can’t stop chasing you
So I continue feeding the bears
Until they too shall lose their fear
And tear at me with their claws
Consuming me
We’ve challenged the wizard and failed, you and I
Could this be the house of seven gables