Bear

An old, small word,
A built-in pun
In its home tongue—
To bear, a bear.

Let’s leave the beast
To one side now.
To bear is hard
All on its own.

If we point out
There’s a thing like
A bear in bear,
That’s since to tear

What’s like in things
From words comes from
The root word, *bher.
Dark bears down there.