Songbird

Re-posted from my old account; Katie.G. Enjoy.

“You have two paths to choose from”, an old man said, “You can go up or down.”

 

I looked at him with puzzled eyes, and I immediately knew it was a dream. I’ve been having

the same dream ever since I could remember.

“Which one would you choose”, I asked.

“Where ever the wind blows”, he said.

That was a lot of help, I thought sarcastically, there was no wind blowing. I looked at the two

stairs. First, I looked at the stairs leading up into the sky. Then, I looked at the stairs leading

down into the ground.

“There’s no wind”, I said.

Suddenly, he turned into a demon and tried to attack me.

I felt sun shine hit my face. I thought I was burning, until I found out where I was. I sat up and

rubbed my eyes. I was in my bed and my curtains were pulled back. It was a nice sunny day and

the sun was blazing hot.

I got out of bed and looked into the mirror. When I looked into the mirror I seen a girl who had

brown eyes, auburn hair, and freckles. A girl who was tall, slender, and looked about 18 years

old, but was really 14.

I looked at my room and it looked like a bomb went off..I heard my parents fighting from down

stairs which wasn’t really a shock for me. My parents were always fighting about something. I

was guessing it was because they were real opposites. My dad was a hippie and my mom was one

of those smart, boring people. But that never really bother me.

I walked down stairs with my guitar slung over my shoulder. My mom tells me I’m just like my

father but I never did drugs or anything like that. But my thought I had. But I still wasn’t

expecting this.
My parents were still fighting when I got down stairs. I couldn’t really make out what they

were saying and I didn’t care what they were fighting about. My mom just looked at me and said

“Get out.”

“What”, I said.

“You heard me”, she said “get out.”

I looked at her kind of dumb founded. “Why”, I asked.

“Relax man”, my dad said “She doesn’t have to go.”

My mom ignored him and literally kicked me out before me or my dad could say anything else.

I heard my parents fighting from inside the house, but I just kept on walking. I knew there was no

place I could really go.

As I was walking I felt this cool breeze. I thought that was weird because it was a really warm

day. I looked up at the trees but they making any wind. Suddenly I heard this soft whistling

sound. I looked up at the trees and seen this bird humming a tune. I was being paranoid again and

I felt stupid because I was getting scared of nothing. I looked up again and the bird was gone, but

the I still heard that same tune.

I thought I was going mad and started running down the street but that tune would not get out

of my head. I ran until I found an alley way and when I did I sat down and held the top of my

head in both hands. I eventually fell asleep and started dreaming.

I was running through the forest. I was running away from something and I tripped on

something and fell on my face. I looked up and seen the two stairs again but this time the down

stairs one was pulling me down. I tried grabbing on to a tree stump sticking out of the ground.

When I thought was done for I seen an angel, it seemed to be coming towards me with arms wide

open and it was shaking me saying “Wake up, wake up.” I screamed and my eyes fluttered open.

This guy with blonde hair was hovering over me. I heard him saying something but I couldn’t

make it out. He had his knee dug into my stomach so it made it hard to breathe. I think I muttered

something like “Can’t breathe.” He immediately got off and I started gasping for air. I could

finally breathe again. I looked at the blond guy and immediately I thought he looked like a pretty

boy. He had long, blonde, curly hair and hazel eyes. He was one of those tall, dark, and hansom

kind of guy.
And that’s what started it all.

This man was the key to my dreams, my future, my band, and...He thought I was a guy.

Damn that song bird.

Reviews

[Kon™]

Interesting story line and plot you have going here. It was very enjoyable and fun to read. I think this is a great story, but hopefully you can organize or correct a few grammar mistakes maybe? And just like 'Gionelly Kiss' said, maybe you could work more with the Songbird and what it symbolizes. But... it's your story and you make it however you want, I really like it anyways. Keep it up! :)

[Katie Greene]

Thanks for the review and the constructive criticism. I will try fixing my grammar mistakes and work more with the symbolism with the songbird. Glad you liked it.

[Gionelly Kiss]

I really enjoyed the flow and plot of the story. Look through it again to correct your grammar mistakes--unless its somehow part of your style. Loved the story. Work a little more with the symbolism of the songbird.